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Well-known poems are recast as puzzlers that can only be solved by using math. From easy to difficult, math and poems are sure to delight both mathematicians and poetry lovers.
Beginning at the Face Bug Museum, readers are invited to "Climb through windows, walls, or basement
" to meet "
Show Bugs
" Line drawings and up-close (and personal) photographs of bugs combine with poetry and fact to present an array of often creepy crit
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Some heroes and "she-roes" are famous; others are little known. Brave people who gave of themselves are introduced in a range of poems and handsome, realistic illustrations.
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The watermelon seed that skitters across the page becomes a concrete poem and is just one of the funny poetic forms in this collection. The humor in each short poem (from riddles to haiku) is heightened by comic black/white illustrations.
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Enter into a cemetery for animals, read their epitaphs, learn their fates. Though not for the faint-hearted, the sometimes gory tales are always darkly humorous and enhanced by appropriately gloomy illustrations.
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Celebrate letters, words, libraries and reading in engaging, often slyly humorous poems. Varied forms are inspired by other beloved poets, but are original with equally fresh illustrations.
Animals from around the world are introduced by poets from different backgrounds and different times in this carefully crafted collection. Handsome photographs and thoughtful organization make this a book to share widely.
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Inspired by an actual artist, Wu Daozi's brush created images that seemed to come alive. Travel to ancient China to meet Daozi as he grows from a boy into a muralist for the Emperor.
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An old woman left her small village to visit her daughter and granddaughter, telling three hungry predators to wait to eat her until she is plumped up on her way back.
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Most kids like something chocolate-y, right? But there wouldn't be chocolate without cocoa beans that come from cocoa pods that rely on insects and other creatures in rainforests — even monkeys!