| Edition |
Paperback edition. |
| Description |
40 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Behold / Mary Kawena Pukui -- Look! / Grace Nichols -- Father and I in the woods / David McCord -- Shy speechless sound / Osip Mandelstam -- Lark / Jean Kenward -- For Forest / Grace Nichols -- Everything's wet / Snorri Sturlason -- Winter ocean / John Updike -- Stray birds / Rabindranath Tagore -- River Winding / Charlotte Zolotow -- Rain drums on the pane / J.W. Hackett -- Autumn wind / Issa -- Is it a shower of rain? / Priest Saigyo -- Such a moon / Buson -- Look at the cloud-cat lapping / Weeping Willow in my Garden -- Winter / Czech -- Snow / Emily Dickinson -- Night Sky / Zaro Weil -- I spun a star / John Foster -- Song of the stars / Pasamaquoddy Indian -- Evening Star! / Sappho -- Corn Growing / Leonard Clark -- Riddle me day / Traditional Albanian Riddle -- Fire / Moira Andrew -- Juggler of Day / Emily Dickinson -- Orders / A.M. Klein -- Sun in me / Moira Andrew -- Acknowledgments. |
| Summary |
A collection of nature poems that celebrate the beauty and fragility of the earth, by poets representing various cultures and times. |
| Subject |
Nature -- Juvenile poetry.
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Children's poetry.
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Earth (Planet) -- Juvenile poetry.
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| Added Author |
Nicholls, Judith.
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Krommes, Beth, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9781846861611 |
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1846861616 |
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