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Illustrated by
David Clark.
"Finding food / is not a joke. / Living things must eat / or croak." Twenty-nine poems--free verse, haiku, etc.--celebrate the food chain and animal survival instincts in all their gory glory. Ink and watercolor illustrations support the pieces' humor alongside the solid scientific facts. "More Words About the Poems" and "More Words About the Animals" are appended. Reading list.