If This Bird Had Pockets
A Poem in Your Pocket Day Celebration
-
- $10.99
-
- $10.99
Publisher Description
An ideal gift for children who love animals, this picture book is a celebration of Poem in your Pocket Day and a charmingly illustrated collection of playful poems about 19 different creatures.
Fascinating information about the animals (yes, sea otters have pockets!) tucked into short, lively poems and bright, bold artwork make this collection perfect for National Poetry Month—or any day of the year.
In honor of Poem in Your Pocket Day, a child imagines the poems animals might carry in their pockets, if they had pockets. What would a hummingbird write? A fox? A sea otter? These poems capture the essences of animals furry, feathery and finny, exploring what makes each unique. Ruby-Throated Hummingbird sings with its wings, Red Fox's poem is a fiery tail flashing in the dark, and Sea Otter’s poem is its secret pocket. Which poem will capture the heart of the child narrator? A poem about loving animals, of course!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
VanDerwater's playful collection opens with a light-brown-skinned child gazing out a window, prepared for Poem in Your Pocket Day and wondering about "creatures everywhere/ Which poems would they carry?" In the following pages, animals, birds, and insects satisfy the question with child-friendly verses in simple rhythms and varying rhyme schemes. A red fox lyrically proclaims: "In forest/ ever brown and green/ I am a splendid spark.// My poem is/ my fiery tail/ flashing in the dark." Elsewhere, an Atlantic horseshoe crab explains: "Our ancestors/ are ocean history./ We are part understood./ Part mystery." Virján's flat art style presents a variety of species, settings, and color palettes. Not only fun to contemplate, each poem also imparts a information about its speaker, making for a group of brief lessons as pleasing as they are accessible about "life in the/ wondrous wild." Ages 4–8.
