Status
Available
Call number
Call number
811.54 Ste
Local notes
811.54 St
Collection
Genres
Publication
Farrar Straus & Giroux (J) (1988), Edition: 1st, Hardcover, 46 pages
Description
A lighthearted verse tour of the animal kingdom offers a glimpse of the characteristics and eccentricities of its creatures, both wild and domestic.
Subjects
Language
Physical description
46 p.; 8.6 inches
User reviews
LibraryThing member derbygirl
(easy, poetry) This is a collaborative effort between William and Jeanne Steig. I had not been aware before finding this book that William Steig's wife was even involved in the field of children's literature. William Steig does the illustrations. The book is a compilation of poems that focus on a
Show More
variety of animals in the animal kingdom all the way up to a poem on man in the last page. Some of the words may be too advanced for young readers, but it would make for a good vocabulary expanding exersize. A fun activity would be to pick an animal that is not in the book and try to make a poem about it, or at the very least have children list that animal's attributes. Show Less
LibraryThing member claire.cavell
Poems about domestic, wild, and magical animals. Uses humor and stereotype.
Similar in this library
Pages
46