Animal Poems

by Valerie Worth

"Ms. Worth brilliantly employs all aspects of the poet's craft." - The New York Times Book Review

Each of the exquisite twenty-three poems in this posthumous collection by Valerie Worth carefully distinguishes one animal from all other creatures and captures it in all of its wonderful singularity - from wasp to snake to wren. The way Worth perfectly illuminates the uniqueness of each animal in her precise and elegant free verse will...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374380570
• ISBN13: 9780374380571
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.9" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

beautiful artwork for all/subtle poetry

Steve Jenkins artwork is lovely, simple, and crisp so that all ages and even some who are visually impaired can enjoy the pictures; the poetry is subtle and thought provoking; having been a math geek, I wasn't sophisticated enough to understand some of this poetry as a child (in some cases, even in highschool) but some of my friends would have with ease so don't rule the book out thinking the poetry is too adult oriented. Sample: Hummingbird - Most creatures came the long way, through, slow earth, But the quick Hummingbird sprang straight from the sun, Or flew like a spark from the earliest star - Even now aflicker with the first struck light; Even now awhirr with the dark's atomic thrum.