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1) Rome antics
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A pigeon carrying an important message takes the reader on a unique tour which includes both ancient and modern parts of the city of Rome.
Series
Publisher
Facets Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A white carrier pigeon loses its way when it tries to fly home to the Baltic coast, where a young girl anxiously awaits it. Lost, tired, and ill, the bird lands in Prague. It is rescued by an artist and then gradually brought back to health by a small, frail boy. People's lives are changed forever by their encounter with the bird.
Publisher
Western New York Broadcasting Association
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
Brings great books to life onscreen through rich illustrations and live shows. Episode 1: Visit a travel room filled with trip mementos. Learn about homing pigeons, sailing, volcanoes, and pottery. Episode 2: Experience an exciting expedition in a hot-air balloon. Look into the past at funny flying machines and visit the space camp of today.
Someplace else: The story of Mrs. Tilby's travels to cities, seashores, and mountains in her camper.
Hot-air...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lawyer Judy Carrier takes the case of her career when an elderly pigeon racer named Anthony Lucia is arrested for the murder of his lifelong enemy, Angelo Coluzzi. "Pigeon Tony," as he's known to all his South Philly neighbors, confesses he killed Coluzzi because of a vendetta begun more than fifty years ago, a blood feud that has brought great tragedy to Pigeon Tony's life. Her client's guilt, however, is only the beginning of Judy's problems. The...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In October 1918, during World War I, nearly seven hundred American soldiers were trapped behind enemy lines with no prospect of rescue. Allied troops did not have access to their location, and every attempt at communication provoked more casualties. Their only hope -- to dispatch a trained messengre pigeon to reach help miles away. This unforgettable story celebrates courage and determination in its most vulnerable form. Cher Ami's fearless flight...
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
It is September 1940--a year into the war--and as German bombs fall on Britain, fears grow of an impending invasion. Enemy fighter planes blacken the sky around the Epping Forest home of Susan Shepherd and her grandfather, Bertie. After losing her parents to influenza as a child, Susan found comfort in raising homing pigeons with Bertie. All her birds are extraordinary to Susan-loyal, intelligent, beautiful-but none more so than Duchess. Hatched from...
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
While Rebecca Rubin helps her building's ailing superintendent take care of his homing pigeons, she puzzles over what to do with the Christmas centerpiece her teacher insisted she make but which has no place in her Jewish home.
11) Operation Columba: the Secret Pigeon Service : the untold story of World War II resistance in Europe
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The fascinating, untold story of how British intelligence secretly used homing pigeons as part of a clandestine espionage operation to gather information, communicate, and coordinate with members of the Resistance to defeat the Nazis in occupied Europe during World War II. Between 1941 and 1944, British intelligence dropped sixteen thousand homing pigeons in an arc across Nazi-occupied Europe, from Bordeaux, France to Copenhagen, Denmark, as part...
12) Valiant
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Valiant and his feathered friends take to the sky as they work their way into the Royal Air Force during World War II. Together this rag-tag squadron of carrier pigeons engages in aerial adventures at a spitfire pace. From the first bumbling day of basic training through the final feather-raising mission, the flock of friends swoop their way toward victory. Against the odds and an evil German falcon, Valiant is called upon for a very important assignment....
Author
Series
Publisher
Big Buddy Books, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This book will delight young readers as they learn about the homing pigeon's Awesome Animal Power. Basic information is covered, such as life cycle, range, diet, predators, and threats. Table of contents, body diagram, map, fun facts, facts page, glossary, and index are included.
14) Homing pigeons
Author
Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"In this book, young readers will learn about how homing pigeons are able to carry messages across great distances."--
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Homing pigeon Homer and his parrot friend Lulu learn something is afoul when they witness four-legged criminals stealing valuables from both the animal and human communities. Using the sleuthing techniques he's gathered from his favorite mystery comics, Homer and Lulu track down the bandits, but need human help to stop them for good. Can they find a way to communicate with their human keepers and lead them to the culprits' hideout to stop the thieves?--...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c1927.
Language
English
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Description
The story of the training of a carrier pigeon and its service during the First World War, revealing the birds courageous and spirited adventures over the housetops of an Indian village, in the Himalayan Mountains, and on the French battlefield.
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