Because he doesn't listen carefully to what the Great Spirit tells him about each of the animals he is supposed to lead to their desert homes, Jackrabbit causes much unhappiness with his careless answers to the animals' questions.

In jazz circles, players and listeners with “big ears” hear and engage complexity in the moment, as it unfolds. Taking gender as part of the intricate, unpredictable action in jazz culture, this interdisciplinary collection explores the terrain opened up by listening, with big ears, for gender in jazz. Essays range from a reflection on the female boogie-woogie pianists who played at Café Society in New York during the 1930s and 1940s to interpretations of how the jazzman is represented in Dorothy Baker’s novel Young Man with a Horn (1938) and Michael Curtiz’s film adaptation (1950). Taken together, the essays enrich the field of jazz studies by showing how gender dynamics have shaped the production, reception, and criticism of jazz culture. Scholars of music, ethnomusicology, American studies, literature, anthropology, and cultural studies approach the question of gender in jazz from multiple perspectives. One contributor scrutinizes the tendency of jazz historiography to treat singing as subordinate to the predominantly male domain of instrumental music, while another reflects on her doubly inappropriate position as a female trumpet player and a white jazz musician and scholar. Other essays explore the composer George Russell’s Lydian Chromatic Concept as a critique of mid-twentieth-century discourses of embodiment, madness, and black masculinity; performances of “female hysteria” by Les Diaboliques, a feminist improvising trio; and the BBC radio broadcasts of Ivy Benson and Her Ladies’ Dance Orchestra during the Second World War. By incorporating gender analysis into jazz studies, Big Ears transforms ideas of who counts as a subject of study and even of what counts as jazz. Contributors: Christina Baade, Jayna Brown, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Monica Hairston, Kristin McGee, Tracy McMullen, Ingrid Monson, Lara Pellegrinelli, Eric Porter, Nichole T. Rustin, Ursel Schlicht, Julie Dawn Smith, Jeffrey Taylor, Sherrie Tucker, João H. Costa Vargas

Buster, an eight-month old cocker spaniel puppy, is just learning the dos and don’ts of puppyhood. He’s learning to do what is right and what is wrong. Buster knows what the rules are; but one day, while investigating his surroundings, he hears a voice crying out for help. His heart says to go help, but his head says to stay in the yard. Will Buster follow his heart, or will he follow the rules?

Captain Long Ears (also known as Michael, an eight-year-old boy who loves slug sandwiches) and Jam (who happens to be a purple gorilla) are Space Ninjas on a mission to locate the missing Captain Big Nose. Their adventures lead them to a baby elephant in peril at an amusement park. But what about Captain Big Nose? Can they solve the mystery of his disappearance?

Why are foxes red? How did giraffes get such a long neck? And why do wolves howl at the moon? In this book series, children can discover fun and imaginative answers that explain just how animals are the way they are.

Finn Beloomey is a regular, happy, 7-year-old boy. Except he has GREAT BIG GIANT EARS. He starts to get made fun of by his not-so-nice neighbors, Timmy and Tammy. He comes home from school a little blue one day and then his parents teach him THE MAGIC WORDS! Will Finn use the power of the magic words to make the bullies disappear, or will Timmy and Tammy have the last laugh?

Johnny BIG-EARS is just like every other five-year-old child, but when he starts his first day of kindergarten, children begin to tease him because of his enormously large ears. Follow Johnny as he faces the challenges that being different presents. How will Johnny react to being teased? Find out why Johnny turns out to be a winner in this endearing, thoughtful book that addresses typical childhood bullying and offers children advice on how to deal with teasing. Whether you're a parent or an educator, now you will be able to encourage your kids or students through this special book and help motivate all young kids to start feeling good about themselves no matter who they are, or what they look like!

Three tales of Compáere Lapin who practices his tricks among the Creoles and the Cajuns of the Louisiana bayou.

Why Elephants Have Big Ears is the result of one man's lifelong quest to understand why the creatures of the earth appear and act as they do. In a wry manner and personal tone, Chris Lavers explores and solves some of nature's most challenging evolutionary mysteries, such as why birds are small and plentiful, why rivers and lakes are dominated by the few remaining large reptiles, why most of the large land-dwellers are mammals, and many more.

On Mother Earth's parallel world of Elvedom, trouble is brewing. Four sacred relics have been stolen and hidden away by the evil Duke Eldorth. In the parallel world of humans, Lizzie Longton lives with her eccentric but adoring grandmother. Lizzie has always known that she's unlike other kids and is bullied because of it. The problem is, apart from her strangely shaped ears, she doesn't understand why she's 'different'. On her 11th birthday, Lizzie is surprised to receive the news that she has won a holiday to an exclusive hotel. Upon arrival at their destination, Lizzie and her grandmother quickly discover that the holiday is not quite what it claims to be. Instead, they find themselves in a world full of people and creatures they believed only exist in myth and legend. During their journey, Lizzie discovers the truth about her heritage and why she's so different. She also finds herself caught up in a series of adventures that challenge her to fight her demons in both worlds.