A Spectacular Selection of Sea Critters
Concrete Poems
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
What might you see if you swam in the sea? Dive on in to encounter everything from dolphins and octopuses to sea turtles and squirrel fish. This clever book features concrete poems about a spectacular selection of sea critters.
The award-winning duo behind A Curious Collection of Cats and A Dazzling Display of Dogs created this collection of twenty-nine visual poems celebrating creatures of the sea. Ocean observers and animal aficionados are sure to find these selections sensational!
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Franco and Wertz follow A Curious Collection of Cats and A Dazzling Display of Dogs with another entertaining grouping of concrete poems, this time focusing on undersea life. Most of the poems highlight a single animal: "Fairy-tale creature,/ ancient traveler,/ tiny dragon,/ underwater question./ What tales/ do you have/ to tell us?" reads a poem about a seahorse. On another spread, animals occupy a pie chart to create a "Reef Food Chain": "The shrimp at the reef nibble algae all day./ A shrimp is what octopi munch./ An eel finds an octopus tasty and fun/ and makes it her mid-morning brunch." Rendered in vibrant blues and oranges, Wertz's bold, graphic compositions playfully call to mind posters one might see at a seaside festival. Ages 7 11.
