Forest Has a Song: Poems (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780618843497)

A spider is a "never-tangling dangling spinner / knitting angles, trapping dinner." A tree frog proposes, "Marry me. Please marry me... / Pick me now. / Make me your choice. / I'm one great frog / with one strong voice." VanDerwater lets the denizens of the forest speak for themselves in twenty-six lighthearted, easy-to-read poems. As she observes, "Silence in Forest / never lasts long. / Melody / is everywhere / mixing in / with piney air. / Forest has a song." The graceful, appealing watercolor illustrations perfectly suit these charming poems that invite young readers into the woodland world at every season.

Author: Amy Ludwig Vanderwater
ISBN-10: 0618843493
ISBN-13: 9780618843497
Publisher: Clarion Books
Language: English
Published: 03/26/2013
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.20w x 0.40d
Award: Keystone to Reading Book Award - Nominee
Award: Cybils - Winner
Award: Golden Kite - Honor Book

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/07/2013 pg. 58
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2013
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2013 pg. 396
Booklist 04/15/2013 pg. 52
School Library Journal 06/01/2013 pg. 108
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2013 pg. 187 - Recommended, Satisfactory