Bird Watch

by Jane Yolen and Laurene Krasny Brown

Book Overview

(Yolen's) images are in tune with her subjects, and her language is concrete, its simplicity often merely the surface of a profound thought. Lewin's lovely watercolors provide a perfect backdrop. A book to bring naure--and poetry--lover together.--Kirkus Reviews, pointered review.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039921612X
• ISBN13: 9780399216121
• Release Date: October 1990
• Publisher: Philomel Books
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A Swan

This collection of seventeen poems presents fourteen different species of birds to the reader. The poems vary in length from just a few lines to multiple stanzas. The poems are at times lyrical, thoughtful, and whimsical. Each poem gracefully presents a unique charactereistic, behavior, and/or habit of each bird to the reader. The poems are complemented by double-page water color paintings which accurately depict each bird. There are short notes about each bird at the back of the book. The book is beautiful and would appeal to elementary as well as middle school students.

The beauty of nature with a fact or two!

In Bird Watch, the poet integrates a fact or two about the bird as she paints an elegant picture of its uniqueness and beauty. The reader can envision the cardinal, brilliantly sitting atop the white blanket of snow, "A brilliant blot on winter's page." Or see the song birds, sitting on telephone lines that in one's mind now become lines of music and the birds "like scattered notes." Other inviting features of the book include the bird facts in the back and Ted Lewin's illustrations, marvelously bringing each bird to life. When in search for nature poetry, Jane Yolen is the end of your journey. Enjoy!