Forest Has a Song by Vanderwater Amy
A spider is a "never-tangling dangling spinner / knitting angles, trapping dinner." A tree frog proposes, "Marry me. Please marry me... / Pick me now. / Make me your choice. / I'm one great frog / with one strong voice." VanDerwater lets the denizens of the forest speak for themselves in twenty-six lighthearted, easy-to-read poems. As she observes, "Silence in Forest / never lasts long. / Melody / is everywhere / mixing in / with piney air. / Forest has a song." The graceful, appealing watercolor illustrations perfectly suit these charming poems that invite young readers into the woodland world at every season.
Amy Ludwig VanDerwater is author of Forest Has A Song (Clarion, 2013), Every Day Birds (Scholastic, 2016) and Poems Are Teachers (Heinemann 2017) as well as the forthcoming Dreaming of You (Boyds Mills Press, 2018) and With My Hands (Clarion, 2018). Amy's poems are frequently anthologized, she lives in Holland, NY, and you can find her online blogging for children at www.amyludwigvanderwater.com. Ryan O'Rourke is the author-illustrator of Bella: Lost And Found (HarperCollins, 2014) and illustrator of Mouseling's Words by Shutta Crum (Clarion, 2016), Alphabet Trains by Samantha R. Vamos (Charlesbridge, 2017), and more. He teaches illustration at the New Hampshire Institute of Art and lives in Hooksett, New Hampshire. ryanorourke.com
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| ISBN 13 | 9780618843497 |
| ISBN 10 | 0618843493 |
| Title | Forest Has a Song |
| Author | Vanderwater Amy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin |
| Year published | 2013-03-26 |
| Number of pages | 40 |
| Prizes | Winner of Cybils (Poetry) 2013, Commended for Golden Kite (Picture Book Text) 2014, Short-listed for Keystone to Reading Book Award (Primary) 2015 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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