Zoo's who
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (778 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0152046399 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 56 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-15 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Climb on into Douglas Florian's latest poetry compendium, featuring twenty-one original poems and paintings about creatures from across the animal kingdom.With sleepy sloths and portly pigs, lazy lizards and regal eagles, this creeping, leaping, sweeping collection of zoological delights is certain to have animal enthusiasts everywhere rattling their cages for more.
All rights reserved. Most scenes are abstract or surreal with a wide array of small images imposed on the featured animal or scattered about. The mixed-media art facing each of the 21 entries is intriguing. They always include stamped letters variously placed to spell the animal's name. Though readers may expect to meet zoo animals this time around, they will encounter quite an eclectic assortment of creatures as the term "zoo" is apparently intended in a wider sense. The overall effect is quick and primitive, sometimes puzzling. From School Library Journal Grade 3-5–Quick quips, wordplay, and poetic license mark Fl
Luan Gaines said A tempting menagerie. In one of his most artful surprises yet, Douglas Florian has created another delightful, spine-tingling gaggle of animals, the usual tongue-twisting, alliterative troupe: the manta ray, the penguin, the bush baby, the bats, the slugs, the terns, the wallaby and, my favorite, the sloth:"Up a tree you slowly creep,The twenty hours straight you sleep."The artw. E. R. Bird said A review of a sort.. No one can accuse poet Douglas Florian of being uninterested in the public opinion of his work. Mr. Florian is one of the few relatively well-known children's writers out there who, by his own hand and without any interference on my part, was kind enough to ask me to review his book, "zoo's who" by e-mail. I, a lowly Amazon.com reviewer, was somewhat amazed. Another fun read/look Again, my son and I both got a kick out of the poems on a menagerie of beasts -- funny and clever wordplay and a cool assortment of animals, too. The poem The Ant was a big fave for us both, making my son start looking for the word "ant" in EVERYTHING. And,if the poems and pictures weren't enough, at the back of the book, there's a little paragraph about ho