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Sidman, Joyce

Song of the Water Boatman & Other Pond Poems

32 pp. | Houghton | April, 2005 | Trade ISBN 0-618-13547-2 $16.00

(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Beckie Prange. From a spring peeper's first call to a painted turtle's hibernation, these eleven poems celebrate the northern pond. An energetic black woodcut line bathed in subtly modulated watercolor evokes the pond's species. Sidebars add intriguing facts. With a humor born of skillful observation, and with light and color worthy of the Impressionists, Sidman and Prange capture this environment's essence. Glos.

Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2005