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"An anthology of children's poetry based on animal themes. The book begins with sea creatures - from whales to sharks - and continues by circling the world, visiting wildlife of all kinds. The editors have also compiled ""The Oxford Treasury of Children's Poems"" and ""The New Dragon Book of Verse."""

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9780192761057

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For browsing and for curricular support, this collection will have wide appeal. --Booklist<br> A richly rewarding anthology. --Kirkus Reviews<br>

For browsing and for curricular support, this collection will have wide appeal. --Booklist A richly rewarding anthology. --Kirkus Reviews

An extensive collection, geographically arranged (as subtly revealed in a table of contents where groups are accompanied by unlabeled maps - Australia and environs; Asia; Africa; Europe; the Americas; an image representing the sea). The poems are mostly contemporary, of good literary quality, and include a few translations, especially in the African group. Many are telling descriptions that, while not written especially for children, will appeal to the middle grades; others use animals to develop themes best understood by those with more experience. Information about authors is confined to the acknowledgments; readers are left to speculate about national origins on the basis of scant clues - e.g., that Zimbabwe's Mambo Press first published Broughton Gingell's Scorpions Fighting with its powerful image of dark creatures in dancing lethal pageantry. Still, a richly rewarding anthology with splendid range - narrative or lyrical, comic or thoughtful, hard-hitting or sentimental, from both traditional and established sources. The attractive format looks a little young for the most appropriate readers; the varied illustrations, by a dozen artists, are attributed at the end. Fully indexed, including an index of animals. (Kirkus Reviews)

<br> For browsing and for curricular support, this collection will have wide appeal. --Booklist<br> A richly rewarding anthology. --Kirkus Reviews<br>

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Michael Harrison and Christopher Stuart-Clark have collaborated on many poetry anthologies, including Peace and War, The Oxford Book of Story Poems, and A Year Full of Poems.

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