“The poetry is spare and often dramatic with well-chosen words and carefully crafted phrases that bring each marine creature to life.Yolen’s mastery of words is here, as are Ted Lewin’s effervescent images of oceans and bays and tidal pools.”-Children’s Literature My favorite was “The Crab,” skittering sideways into the patient calculations of the sea. Each poem is about one species, and the collection, remarkably, brings the beauty of diverse watery habitats right into the reader’s consciousness. “Poems of the sea inhabit this slim volume as naturally as the denizens of the deep inhabit it.I only wish that Ted (or the designer) had remembered to leave somewhere for the author to sign the books! There was a Troll Book Club edition. It is amazing how much research goes into each poem, because the poem has to be accurate as well as poetic. A companion to “ Bird Watch,” this book of poems with marvelous Ted Lewin illustrations looks at about a dozen and a half creatures who live in the sea, from sharks and whales and otters and loggerhead turtles to small fish.
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