A Pond, a Poet, and Three Pests

by Caroline Adderson

A funny new fable about artistic creation and chasing fame, imagined by award-winning author Caroline Adderson, and inspired by one of Japan's most famous haikus, "The Old Pond."

Bashō, a 17th-century poet on an evening walk, stops to rest next to a murky old pond. Here, readers may expect he will encounter the frog that inspired his renowned poem:

Old pond--

Frog jumps in

Splash

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1773068938
• ISBN13: 9781773068930
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Groundwood Books
• Length: 36 Pages