Separated into four "movements," "The Season's Campaign" chronicles the cattails in springtime, which "burst forth,/ crisp green squads/ bristling with spears," while in summer, their "brown velvet plumes/ bob jauntily." Prange's illustration features a sky tinted with subtle shades of blue and lavender with a "red-winged general" (aka blackbird) circling the fall cattails whose "courage/ clumps and fluffs/ like bursting pillows." With its unique combination of fact and fancy, this book is bound to delight pint-size scientists and environmentalists-and language lovers, too. Perched on a reed stem all night, shedding skin, you dry your wings in moonlight. Caldecott Honor Award Water nymph, you have climbed from the shallows to don your dragon colors. Each denizen of the pond is closely observed in both art and text, which brim with intriguing characterizations and vivid imagery. Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems Illustrated by Beckie Prange. "In the Depths of the Summer Pond" neatly creates a "House That Jack Built" explanation of the underwater food chain. " Nonetheless, the rhythmic ballad informs readers about the differences and similarities between the two insects without sounding the least bit didactic. (Houghton Mifflin) Joyce Sidman highlights her twin passions, natural science and poetry, in 11 poems that depict a pond-dwelling plant or animal and include informational text in a variety of poetic forms. For instance, two almost-identical water bugs-the water boatman and the backswimmer-trade stanzas in the title poem as if they were yeomen on a 19th-century schooner: " Yo, ho, ho Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Beckie Prange. The poems and hand-colored woodcuts combine whimsy with naturalistic accuracy, and crystal-clear side-bars filled with enough factual oddities to intrigue young readers provide ideal accompaniment. ) poems about the flora and fauna found in wetland areas also occasions the book debut for naturalist and printmaker Prange, whose artwork recalls the grace and narrative finesse of Mary Azarian. Round, Illustrated by Taeeun Yoo, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017, ISBN 978-1-4.This remarkable collection of Sidman's ( The World According to Dog.Rarely do I find a seamless and lyrical marriage of. Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature, Illustrator Beth Krommes, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011, ISBN 978-3-6 Nonfiction Monday: Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems by Joyce Sidman and Beckie Prange.Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature's Survivors, Illustrator Beckie Prange, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2010, ISBN 978-9-4.
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