Book description
What could be better than cuddling up with your child and this book on your lap and allowing your imaginations to soar with the words and images? Lovingly selected by U.S. Children's Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis and paired with vibrant animal photography, this collection of poems is an exuberantâŠ
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1 author picked The National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
When it comes to animal photography, National Geographic set the standard for excellence â and when one pairs 200 of their best photographs with poetry from some of the country's finest poets, you end up with a beautiful, coffee table book that deserves to be in every house.
From classic poets like Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, and Rudyard Kipling to contemporary writers including Naomi Shihab Nye, Jack Prelutsky, and Jane Yolen (and even a few from anthologist and former U.S. Childrenâs Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis) this is a book you will want to take time to peruse read, andâŠ
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