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Available
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JP HEI
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Description
What do you see when you look up at the sky? Children's poet, Robert Heidbreder, shares thirty memorable poems that capture the magic and beauty of all the wonderful things kids can see when they gaze at the sky. Gorgeous illustrations by artist and naturalist Emily Dove depict a diverse cast of children playing and cheering under a sky filled with birds and balloons, snow and shooting stars, sunflowers and falling leaves, and helicopters and kites.
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Publication
Greystone Kids (2020), Edition: Illustrated, 40 pages
Original language
English
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LibraryThing member nbmars
This book of “playful poems on the air we share” is a good way to introduce very young children to poetry.
Short poems focus on what kids can see all around them, such as leaves, squirrels, clouds, starlings, and flowers. Even city kids - although it would have been nice to have more they could
“Honeybee
Sweet honeyed sound,
from flower to flower
buzz-buzzing around
hour to hour!”
Adults could ask kids why the bees buzz around flowers, and why the author has described their sound as “honeyed.” There are many teaching opportunities with these poems even besides exploring the elements of rhyme.
Art work is by Emily Dove, a certified naturalist. She states on her website: “My goal is to use illustration as a tool to educate about science and inspire others to fall in love with the natural world, as I have.”
Short poems focus on what kids can see all around them, such as leaves, squirrels, clouds, starlings, and flowers. Even city kids - although it would have been nice to have more they could
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relate to - will be able to recognize these objects and see how their essences can be captured with simple rhymes. For example, one of the rhymes, on a double page spread showing sunflowers and bees, is:“Honeybee
Sweet honeyed sound,
from flower to flower
buzz-buzzing around
hour to hour!”
Adults could ask kids why the bees buzz around flowers, and why the author has described their sound as “honeyed.” There are many teaching opportunities with these poems even besides exploring the elements of rhyme.
Art work is by Emily Dove, a certified naturalist. She states on her website: “My goal is to use illustration as a tool to educate about science and inspire others to fall in love with the natural world, as I have.”
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ISBN
1771646314 / 9781771646314