The Animals: Selected Poems

by Michio Mado

Poems by Michio Mado, perhaps the foremost contemporary Japanese poet writing for children, are widely known and read throughout Japan. Now Her Majesty Empress Michiko has chosen and translated 20 of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689505744
• ISBN13: 9780689505744
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
• Length: 47 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.4" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 4 years and up
• Grade Range: Preschool and higher

Customer Reviews

Wonder and humour of nature

The Animals by Michio Mado touched me personally when I took it out of the school library. In few words I sensed Mado's feeling for nature. ' Little Bird' movingly talks of touching the little bird with your eye. What an original way of expressing a delicate intrusion into the bird's space. 'Little Elephant' will be a great model for small children to write their own poems. 'Zebra' is so clever and humourous. 'Girafffe' actually makes you hold your breath at that chance encounter with a stranger. I used this collection of poems in my TESOL Expressive Arts Course and enjoyed hearing the rhythm of the Japanese. My MA High School teacher students responded well to the collection. ... A poem is like any work of art, be it music, painting or writing, it does not appeal to everyone. To me there was a wonder and love of nature implicit in every poem. Bravo, Michio Mado, and thank you!

The Amimals

The Amimals by Michio Mado is a wonderful collection of animal poems. Each poem is short, but concrete. The design of the book is fabulous. Not to colorful, but pleasing to the eye. I have always love poetry! Especially animal poetry. This collection is a materpiece. A must have for anyone who collects "true" poetry! Again, this author is extremly talented,and I must add, the illustrator did a fantastic job with the art work.