Project Gutenberg 2011-11-20 Public domain in the USA. 120 Hawksworth, Hallam 1863 22023043 The Adventures of a Grain of Dust Produced by Chris Curnow, Cathy Maxam, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Adventures of a Grain of Dust" by Hallam Hawksworth is a nature-themed work that appears to have been written in the early 20th century. This book uniquely tells the journey and life experiences of a grain of dust, offering a whimsical yet insightful exploration into the natural world, including references to significant plant life and natural processes. The narrative seems to encapsulate a playful and imaginative take on how even the smallest elements of nature can have vast and intriguing stories. At the start of the book, the grain of dust introduces itself with a boastful acknowledgment of its long travels and experiences. It reflects on its origins, illustrating the lifecycle of dust particles and their interactions with various elements in nature, such as the resilience of lichens on inhospitable rocks. The opening also establishes a whimsical tone, as the grain of dust aims to share its adventures among different landscapes, hinting at encounters with historical and poetic themes and setting a foundation for a narrative that merges science with storytelling. This innovative approach encourages readers to view the world from a unique perspective, making even the most mundane aspects of life intriguing and significant. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Natural history -- Juvenile literature Physical geography QH Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Nature/Gardening/Animals 469323 469301 2024-09-16T06:33:13.949618 2023-09-16T12:45:55.698087 text/html text/html 463346 2011-11-20T10:44:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 3077443 2011-11-20T10:44:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 3217074 2024-09-16T06:33:24.900562 application/epub+zip 3222726 2024-09-16T06:33:16.800600 application/epub+zip 241412 2024-09-16T06:33:15.256616 application/epub+zip 3416501 2024-09-16T06:33:30.287514 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3379893 2024-09-16T06:33:23.339597 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 412998 2022-09-17T11:43:57.914105 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 379411 379290 2024-09-16T06:33:12.279597 2023-09-16T12:45:54.238072 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 379326 2011-11-20T10:44:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 146453 2011-11-20T10:44:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 379331 2011-11-20T10:44:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 146424 2011-11-20T10:44:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19869 2024-09-16T06:33:30.444503 application/rdf+xml 15074 2024-09-16T06:33:15.680586 image/jpeg 3681 2024-09-16T06:33:15.465583 image/jpeg 3138833 2024-09-16T06:33:14.213598 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog