Eric Beddows

From the Publisher: Written to be read aloud by two voices-sometimes alternating, sometimes simultaneous-here is a collection of irresistible poems that celebrate the insect world, from the short life of the mayfly to the love song of the book louse. Funny, sad, loud, and quiet, each of these poems resounds with a booming, boisterous, joyful noise. In this remarkable volume of poetry for two voices, Paul Fleischman verbally re-creates the "Booming/boisterious/joyful...

A collection of poems about birds to be read aloud by two voices.

Young Rooster thinks his Gift is making the sun rise, until one morning when the sun rises without him.

A collection of poems about childhood discoveries concerning everyday objects and things. "Esbensen ( Words With Wrinkled Knees ) intends her ̀̀Poems of Discovery'' to help children understand that ̀̀the most ordinary things can suddenly seem new and unexpected.'' Topics include the rainbows to be found in prisms, the ̀̀long story living / in the shortest pencil,'' and the ̀̀doves'' to be found in sand dollars. Unlike Beddows's artwork in...

Zoom the cat follows a mysterious trail through a bookshelf to Egypt, where he joins his friend Maria in a search for his Uncle Roy.