The Peaceful Ducks - Zimmerman, Paul

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Résumé :
When the ducks return after a season away, they discover their quiet lake by the college campus is not the way they left it. They find a noisy construction area, making room for growth and more people. The ducks travel around the university in search of a new home.
They try out a dormitory, a classroom, a dining hall, and even the library. But none of these is suitable for the trio of ducks. As they dejectedly make their way back to the lake, they find a path leading to The Place of Peace where they are welcomed with open arms. Here, the ducks find a quiet oasis.
This picture book for children features the Place of Peace, known in Japan as Hei-Sei-Ji. For many years, this intergenerational temple stood in Nagoya, Japan. In 2004, it was dismantled into more than 2,400 pieces. Transported through the Panama Canal to Furman University, it was reconstructed by Japanese craftsmen on this site in 2008.

Biographie:
Paul ?Zimmerman,?known?to readers of Sports Illustrated?as?Dr?Z,?went to Stanford and?Columbia University, where he graduated from Columbia College and earned a Master's Degree?from?the School of Journalism.
Paul's active football career included playing for?Horace Mann High School, Stanford University,?a?United States Army?team in Germany and the Westchester Crusaders in the?Atlantic Coast Football League.?While playing for Horace Mann, he played against St. Cecilia High School, then coached by a young Vince Lombardi. While at Columbia, Paul coached the lightweight football team.
He?also played rugby, first with a club team in Westchester County, N.Y., and?then?was one of the founders of?The Old Blue Rugby Football?Club. He?also?boxed with Ernest Hemingway at Brown's Gym in New York City.
Paul started his career in journalism at the Sacramento Bee before heading back to New York with?stints at?the?New York Journal-American,?The?New York World-Telegram and Sun?and?The New York Post. While at the Post, he covered five Olympics, including the 1972 Munich Games; there, 11 members of the Israeli?team and delegation?were murdered. He was short-listed?for a Pulitzer?Prize?for his coverage of this event.
Hired by Sports Illustrated in 1979, Paul was soon given the moniker?Dr.?Z for his vast knowledge of football. He worked as a senior writer for SI and SI.com until?Nov. 22,?2008 when he suffered a series of devastating strokes. Though he understands everything spoken to him, he can no longer read, write or speak.
In 2013 Paul and NFL Films' Ken Rogers won an?Emmy for the NFL Films short documentary, Yours Truly,?Dr. Z.
Paul has two children, Sarah and Michael, and two stepchildren, Heather and Nathan.
He has been married to Linda Bailey Zimmerman (aka The Flaming Redhead) for 20 years, and they live in northern New Jersey.