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64 pp.
| North-South/SeaStar
| September, 2002
|
TradeISBN 1-58717-176-7$$12.95
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Kris Waldherr.
[Collector]This small volume contains forty-five poems and prayers celebrating both pets and wild creatures. Because the authors range from eight-year-old children to poets including Carl Sandburg, Christina Rossetti, and Myra Cohn Livingston, the quality of the pieces varies. Both joyful and gentle in tone, the mixed-media artwork is well matched to the heartfelt selections. Ind.