Toad by the Road: A Year in the Life of These Amazing Amphibians
Book: Toad by the Road: A Year in the Life of These Amazing Amphibians , by Joanne Ryder, Maggie Kneen, ISBN-10: 080507354X ISBN-13: ISBN13: 9780805073546, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), April 2007, Hardcover
Explore a toad's life cycleToads are small and often unseen by human eyes, but their world is rich and varied. The toads in these eloquent poems describe their many wonders, from sticky fly-catching tongues, to the way they shed skin,...
Animal Poems
Book: Animal Poems , by Valerie Worth, Steve Jenkins, ISBN-10: 0374380570 ISBN-13: ISBN13: 9780374380571, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, March 2007, Hardcover
"Ms. Worth brilliantly employs all aspects of the poet's craft." - The New York Times Book ReviewEach of the exquisite twenty-three poems in this posthumous collection by Valerie Worth carefully distinguishes one animal from all other creatures and captures it...
Motherbridge of Love
Book: Motherbridge of Love , by Anonymous, Xinran Xue, Josee Masse, ISBN-10: 1846860474 ISBN-13: ISBN13: 9781846860478, Barefoot Books, September 2007, Hardcover
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Behind the Museum Door: Poems to Celebrate the Wonders of Museums
Book: Behind the Museum Door: Poems to Celebrate the Wonders of Museums , by Lee Bennett Hopkins, Stacey Dressen-McQueen, ISBN-10: 081091204X ISBN-13: ISBN13: 9780810912045, Abrams, Harry N., Inc., April 2007, Hardcover
Praise for Lee Bennett Hopkins University of Southern Mississippi Medallion for "outstanding contributions to the field of children's literature" Parents Choice Gold Award winnerChristopher Award winner "Hopkins . . . captures the wonder and exuberance of childhood."-School Library JournalFourteen poems...
Bear Hugs: Romantically Ridiculous Animal Rhymes
Book: Bear Hugs: Romantically Ridiculous Animal Rhymes , by Karma Wilson, Suzanne Watts, ISBN-10: 1416994270 ISBN-13: ISBN13: 9781416994275, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, December 2009, Hardcover
Rhino Mister and Rhino Miss gaze at the moon in rhino bliss. They rub their rhino tusks like this. And now you've seen rhinocerkiss! Join the fun in the romantically ridiculous and the ridiculously romantic escapades of your...
Me I Am!
Book: Me I Am! , by Jack Prelutsky, Christine Davenier, ISBN-10: 0374349029 ISBN-13: ISBN13: 9780374349028, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, April 2007, Hardcover
I am the only ME I AM who qualifies as me; no ME I AM has been before, and none will ever be.Three very different children reveal their individual personalities in a series of visual mini-adventures. Readers meet a mischievous...
The Disappearing Alphabet
Book: The Disappearing Alphabet , by Richard Wilbur, David Diaz, ISBN-10: 015216362X ISBN-13: ISBN13: 9780152163624, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, October 2001, Paperback
What would happen if the alphabet disappeared? What if there were no letter A? Cows would eat HY instead of HAY. What's HY? It's an unheard-off diet, And cows are happy not to try it. Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Wilbur...
Mary Had A Little Jam and Other Silly Rhymes
Book: Mary Had A Little Jam and Other Silly Rhymes , by Bruce Lansky, Stephen Carpenter, ISBN-10: 0689033923 ISBN-13: ISBN13: 9780689033926, Meadowbrook Press, April 2004, Hardcover
Mary Had a Little Jam, the newly revised edition of New York Times children's poetry bestseller The New Adventures of Mother Goose, includes many brand new rhymes for the pre-K and kindergarten set. The book's nursery rhymes recount the latest...
Sierra
Book: Sierra , by Diane Siebert, Wendell Minor, ISBN-10: 0064434419 ISBN-13: ISBN13: 9780064434416, HarperCollins Publishers, January 1996, Paperback
"In this celebration of the American landscape, Siebert's measured verses convey the majesty of the mountain personified, Sierra herself. Minor's stunning acrylic paintings evoke the breathtaking beauty of his subject. There is a siren's-song quality to this lovely book [and]...
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod: A Poem
Book: Wynken, Blynken, and Nod: A Poem , by Eugene Field, E. Field, J. Westerman, ISBN-10: 1558584226 ISBN-13: ISBN13: 9781558584228, North-South Books, Inc., September 1995, Hardcover
In this bedtime poem, three fishermen in a wooden shoe catch stars in their nets of silver and gold.Publishers WeeklyInspired by Field's bedtime poem with its night sky of ``twinkling foam,'' Westerman (The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat) conjures...
