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Reviewed on March 1, 2000
Gr 2-4 These 35 poems about animals include elephants and deer as well as minnows, mussels, and barnacles. Hubbell is a careful observer, using visual images, sound, and texture to paint vivid portraits of these creatures' lives. Comparisons of giraffes in the zoo to sunflowers wilting in a vase or of a starfish to a human hand are fresh and powerful. The author uses a va...Log In or Sign Up to Read More