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LITERATURE

Ackerman, Diane

Animal Sense

48 pp. | Knopf | February, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-375-82384-0 $$14.95

(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Peter Sis. Using five hues, SÃs employs a single colored page to set off five three-part poems, with each poem covering a separate sense. Each one is decorated with monochromatic, rubber stamp-like illustrations, while the accompanying text is printed in a complementary color. The poems are witty, informative, and, appropriately, even sensuous. Ackerman describes whales as creating a "song in their bones"; these poems have the power to do the same among readers.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2003