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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2012 | Preschool to Grade 4
Gr 3–5—A few of the insects and arachnids highlighted here are a bit villainous, but the teaser title is a tad misleading. The tick sucks blood and leaves some ick, but sometimes the poet conveys more complex and even contradictory ideas of an insect. Regarding a dragonfly, she writes: "He lights upon a bit of grass/With angel wings of dark-stained glass./But alien his stranger's face,/A visitor from outer space./I wonder if he knows that he/Is monstrous to one like me." Stemple's magnified photographs offer bo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
"For oh, you are / a lovely fly. / Just / do not go / and multiply." Accompanied by excellent close-up photographs and...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
