Written to be read aloud by two voices -- sometimes alternating, sometimes simultaneous -- here is a collection of irresistible poems that celebrate the insect world, from the short life of the mayfly to the love song of the book louse. Funny, sad, loud, and quiet, each of these poems resounds with a booming, boisterous, joyful noise.
In this remarkable volume of poetry for two voices, a companion to I Am Phoenix, Paul Fleischman verbally re-creates the "Booming/boisterios/joyful noise" of insects. The poems resound with the pulse of the cicada and the drone of the honeybee. Eric Beddows's vibrant drawings send each insect soaring, spinning, or creeping off the page in its own unique way.
Paul Fleischman has created not only a clear and fascinating guide to the insect world -- from chrysalid butterflies to whirligig beetles -- but an exultant celebration of life.
- ISBN10 0060218533
- ISBN13 9780060218539
- Publish Date 1 March 1988
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 April 2016
- Publish Country AU
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
- Imprint HarperCollins,Australia
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 44
- Language English