The Cuckoo's Haiku: And Other Birding Poems

by Michael J. Rosen

Book Overview

A joyful primer on the pleasures of bird-watching merges haiku, notes for identifying species, and exquisite watercolor illustrations. In spare and graceful words, poet and birder Michael J. Rosen captures the forecasting call of the mysterious cuckoo as well as essential characteristics of more than twenty commonly seen North American birds. This artfully compiled field notebook -- enriched by the evocative artwork of watercolorist Stan Fellows --...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763630497
• ISBN13: 9780763630492
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4