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Engle, Margarita

Orangutanka: A Story in Poems

40 pp. | Holt | March, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8050-9839-6 $17.99
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Renée Kurilla. The antics of a family of orangutans are limned in a series of connected Japanese-style tanka poems (five-line verses). The vivid, easy-to-read poetry describes the natural exuberance of these "forest people" (translation of orangutans from the Malay language) in the wild. Digitally colored pencil and ink illustrations bring out the rainforest's verdant, rainy atmosphere and the congeniality of these endangered animals. Reading list, websites.
Reviewer: Rita Soltan

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