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Wolf, Sallie

The Robin Makes a Laughing Sound: A Birder's Journal

43 pp. | Charlesbridge | February, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-1-58089-318-3 $11.95

(3) 4-6 Designed by Micah Bornstein. This attractive volume, a collection of poems, illustrations, and field notes, is a record of Wolf's thoughts and observations while bird-watching during the four seasons. Her evocative poems vary in format from haiku to free verse, with crossed-out handwritten lines showing her writing process in action. Many of the handsome watercolors and rough-line sketches were taken from her original journal. Reading list, websites.

Reviewer: Patricia Riley