National Geographic book of animal poetry : 200 poems that squeak, soar, and roar : with favorites from Robert Frost, Jack Prelutsky, Emily Dickinson, and more /
National Geographic book of animal poetry : 200 poems that squeak, soar, and roar : with favorites from Robert Frost, Jack Prelutsky, Emily Dickinson, and more /
edited by J. Patrick Lewis.
- 1 online resource (183 pages) : chiefly color illustrations.
OSLIS\Gale Nat Geo eBooks(2/2/23).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-173, 180-183) and indexes.
Welcome to the world -- The big ones -- The little ones -- The winged ones -- The water ones -- The strange ones -- The noisy ones -- The quiet ones -- Final thought -- Writing poems about animals. Welcome to the world. The egg / The tickle rhyme / What's a caterpillar? / Cocoon / Haiku / by by Jack Prelutsky -- by Ian Serraillier -- by Graham Denton -- by David McCord -- Joan Bransfield Graham. The Big Ones. Buffalo dusk / Wedding bears / The purple cow / Cow / A farmer's boy / The cow / The pasture / Dear orangutan / Moose / Song of a bear : a Navajo poem -- Grandpa bear's lullaby / Elephant / Eletelephony / Elephant / Anthology / The whales off Wales / Polar bear rap / Polar bear / Moody guy / The white rhinoceros / Tiger / Giraffe / Above all / The hippopotamus / The horses / The horseman / Horses / The white horse / Mountain gorilla / by Carl Sandburg -- by J. Patrick Lewis -- by Gelett Burgess -- by Valerie Worth -- by anonymous -- by Robert Louis Stevenson -- by Robert Frost -- by David Elliott -- by Rebecca Kai Dotlich -- by Jane Yolen -- by anonymous -- by Laura E. Richards -- by Ann Whitford Paul -- by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer -- by X.J. Kennedy -- by J. Patrick Lewis -- by Leland Blair Jacobs -- by Avis Harley -- by Stephen Mitchell -- by anonymous -- by Valerie Worth -- by Avis Harley -- by Hilaire Belloc -- by Maxine Kumin -- by Walter de la Mare -- by Aileen Fisher -- by D.H. Lawrence -- by Janet S. Wong. The little ones. Ladybug / Ants / Solitude / Dragonfly / Grasshoppers three : an old song -- Little fish / The caterpillar / Caterpillar / The butterfly / Butterfly / Cockroach sandwich / The scorpion / Inchworm / Inch by inch / Rich lizard / The chipmunk / Spruce woods / Squirrel forgets / Polliwogs / Oh the toe-test! / The spider is a lovely lady / I am a snail / From the snail / Riddle / Snail / Bee / The pedigree of honey / Move over / A bee / A mouse of my acquaintance / The city mouse and the garden mouse / Hamster hide-and-seek / by Rebecca Kai Dotlich -- by Marilyn Singer -- by Charles Simic -- by Georgia Heard -- by D.H. Lawrence -- by Douglas Florian -- by Tony Johnston -- by John Fuller -- by Benjamin Franklin -- by Colin McNaughton -- by Hilaire Belloc -- by Michael J. Rosen -- by Rebecca Kai Dotlich -- by Deborah Chandra -- by Ogden Nash -- by A.R. Ammons -- by Lilian Moore -- by Kristine O'Connell George -- by Norma Farber -- by Frank Asch -- by anonymous -- by William Cowper -- Mary Ann Hoberman -- by X.J. Kennedy -- by X.J. Kennedy -- by Emily Dickinson -- by Lilian Moore -- by Matsuo Basho; translated by Robert Hass -- by anonymous -- by Christina Georgina Rossetti -- by Avis Harley. The winged ones. Three little owls who sang hymns / A wise old owl : a nursery rhyme -- Haiku / I talk with the moon / Gray Goose / Moon geese / What was that? / De grey goose / Puzzling / Blue jay / The blackbird / Dust of snow / The eagle / Mother's plea / Coastal bats / A warbler / The saddest noise / Birds in the garden / From sing-song / Inuit song / Haiku / Visitor / You can talk about your hummingbirds / Hummingbird / Haiku / Arrivals / The white egret / The parrot / by anonymous -- by anonymous -- by Beverly McLoughland -- by Julie Larrios -- by Ann Turner -- by David L. Harrison -- by Huddie Ledbetter -- by William Cole -- by Janet S. Wong -- by Humbert Wolfe -- by Robert Frost -- by Alfred, Lord Tennyson -- by Lee Bennett Hopkins -- by Calef Brown -- by Walter de la Mare -- by Emily Dickinson -- by anonymous -- by Christina Georgina Rossetti -- translated by Edward Field, after Nakasuk -- by anonymous -- by Kristine O'Connell George -- by Arnold Adoff -- by Janet S. Wong -- by J.W. Hackett -- by Ann Turner -- by Paul Janeczko -- by anonymous. The water ones. The penguin / Penguins / Lost in the cold / Anemone / The starfish / Seal / The performing seal / Seal lullaby / The walrus / The eel / Beavers in November / There was an old person of Hyde / Young Prince Pinch / The crab / Happy the ocean / Sea turtle / Turtles / The shark / About the teeth of sharks / Sea jelly / Do oysters sneeze? / Mussel / Don't call alligator long-mouth till you cross river / The crocodile / Dark meat / by Oliver Herford -- by Charles Ghigna -- by anonymous -- by Jane Yolen -- by David McCord -- by William Jay Smith -- by Rachel Field -- by Rudyard Kipling -- by Jack Prelutsky -- by Ogden Nash -- by Marilyn Singer -- by Edward Lear -- by Avis Harley -- by Conrad Aiken -- by anonymous -- by anonymous -- by Charles Ghigna -- by Lord Alfred Douglas -- John Ciardi -- by Kelly Ramsdell Fineman -- by Jack Prelutsky -- by Steven Withrow -- by John Agard -- by Lewis Carroll -- by anonymous. The strange ones. Moray eel / All you oughta know about a piranha / The ostrich / The ostrich is a silly bird / I am a baby porcupette / Porcupine / The octopus / Seahorse / What is the opposite of pillow? / The argument / The anteater / Travel plans / The meerkats of Africa / Sand ghost / Frilled lizard / The yak / How to tell a camel / Skunk / A flamingo is / A blue-footed booby / Spoonbill haiku / How to paint a zebra / Zebra / Zebra / A promise / A centipede was happy quite / Vanishing act / Proboscis monkey ponders man / by Steven Withrow -- by Michael J. Rosen -- by Ogden Nash -- by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman -- by Joyce Sidman -- by Rebecca Kai Dotlich -- by Ogden Nash -- by Blake Morrison -- by Richard Wilbur -- by Bobbi Katz -- by Douglas Florian -- by Bobbi Katz -- by Gavin Ewart -- by Betsy Franco -- by Alice Schertle -- by Hilaire Belloc -- by J. Patrick Lewis -- by Lilian Moore -- by J. Patrick Lewis -- by Michael J. Rosen -- by Jane Yolen -- by anonymous -- by Gavin Ewart -- by Judith Thurman -- by Bobbi Katz -- by anonymous -- by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer -- by Alice Schertle. The noisy ones. The frog / The bull / Bull and ox / Crickets / Splinter / Crickets / Why pigs cannot write poems / Pig / Piety / Summertime / Unpopular Rex / Dog / The breed you need / The greater cats / You've got male / Lion / A picture of the rooster / Raccoon / From road-song of the bandar-log / From the law of the jungle / Why wolves howl / Jack A / The donkey : a nursery rhyme -- Visiting an old friend / by Hilaire Belloc -- by Alice Schertle -- by anonymous -- by Myra Cohn Livingston -- by Carl Sandburg -- by Harry Behn -- by John Ciardi -- by Richard Edwards -- by Ambrose Bierce -- by Myra Cohn Livingston -- by X.J. Kennedy -- by Naomi Shihab Nye -- by Bobbi Katz -- by V. Sackville-West -- by Avis Harley -- by Janet S. Wong -- by Tang Yin -- by Janet S. Wong -- by Rudyard Kipling -- by Rudyard Kipling -- by anonymous -- by J. Patrick Lewis -- by Charles Waters. The quiet ones. Rabbit / Four ducks on a pond / Firefly / Luna moth / The warning / Home to roost / The hens / Haiku / Cat in the snow / Fog / Haiku / Two cats / Sunning / Pet snake / Dressing like a snake / Snake / The panther / Coyote landscape / I saw a sloth play soccer / by Mary Ann Hoberman -- by William Allingham -- by Elizabeth Madox Roberts -- by J. Patrick Lewis -- by Adelaide Crapsey -- by Kay Ryan -- by Elizabeth Madox Roberts -- by Kristine O'Connell George -- by Aileen Fisher -- by Carl Sandburg -- by Avis Harley -- by anonymous -- by James S. Tippett -- by Rebecca Kai Dotlich -- by Georgia Heard -- by Barbara Juster Esbensen -- by Ogden Nash -- by Jane Yolen -- by Kenn Nesbitt. Final thoughts. Animals / Hurt no living thing / Magic words : an Inuit poem / Make the earth your companion / Writing poems about animals. by Walt Whitman -- by Christina Georgina Rossetti -- translated by Edward Field -- by J. Patrick Lewis --
Combines photography with lyrical text celebrating the animal world, in a compilation that includes works by such poets as Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost and Rudyard Kipling.
Elementary grade.
9781426310096 1426310099 9781426310546 1426310544
Animals--Juvenile poetry.
Electronic books- OSLIS.
PN6110.A7 / N46 2012eb
808.81/936
OSLIS\Gale Nat Geo eBooks(2/2/23).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-173, 180-183) and indexes.
Welcome to the world -- The big ones -- The little ones -- The winged ones -- The water ones -- The strange ones -- The noisy ones -- The quiet ones -- Final thought -- Writing poems about animals. Welcome to the world. The egg / The tickle rhyme / What's a caterpillar? / Cocoon / Haiku / by by Jack Prelutsky -- by Ian Serraillier -- by Graham Denton -- by David McCord -- Joan Bransfield Graham. The Big Ones. Buffalo dusk / Wedding bears / The purple cow / Cow / A farmer's boy / The cow / The pasture / Dear orangutan / Moose / Song of a bear : a Navajo poem -- Grandpa bear's lullaby / Elephant / Eletelephony / Elephant / Anthology / The whales off Wales / Polar bear rap / Polar bear / Moody guy / The white rhinoceros / Tiger / Giraffe / Above all / The hippopotamus / The horses / The horseman / Horses / The white horse / Mountain gorilla / by Carl Sandburg -- by J. Patrick Lewis -- by Gelett Burgess -- by Valerie Worth -- by anonymous -- by Robert Louis Stevenson -- by Robert Frost -- by David Elliott -- by Rebecca Kai Dotlich -- by Jane Yolen -- by anonymous -- by Laura E. Richards -- by Ann Whitford Paul -- by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer -- by X.J. Kennedy -- by J. Patrick Lewis -- by Leland Blair Jacobs -- by Avis Harley -- by Stephen Mitchell -- by anonymous -- by Valerie Worth -- by Avis Harley -- by Hilaire Belloc -- by Maxine Kumin -- by Walter de la Mare -- by Aileen Fisher -- by D.H. Lawrence -- by Janet S. Wong. The little ones. Ladybug / Ants / Solitude / Dragonfly / Grasshoppers three : an old song -- Little fish / The caterpillar / Caterpillar / The butterfly / Butterfly / Cockroach sandwich / The scorpion / Inchworm / Inch by inch / Rich lizard / The chipmunk / Spruce woods / Squirrel forgets / Polliwogs / Oh the toe-test! / The spider is a lovely lady / I am a snail / From the snail / Riddle / Snail / Bee / The pedigree of honey / Move over / A bee / A mouse of my acquaintance / The city mouse and the garden mouse / Hamster hide-and-seek / by Rebecca Kai Dotlich -- by Marilyn Singer -- by Charles Simic -- by Georgia Heard -- by D.H. Lawrence -- by Douglas Florian -- by Tony Johnston -- by John Fuller -- by Benjamin Franklin -- by Colin McNaughton -- by Hilaire Belloc -- by Michael J. Rosen -- by Rebecca Kai Dotlich -- by Deborah Chandra -- by Ogden Nash -- by A.R. Ammons -- by Lilian Moore -- by Kristine O'Connell George -- by Norma Farber -- by Frank Asch -- by anonymous -- by William Cowper -- Mary Ann Hoberman -- by X.J. Kennedy -- by X.J. Kennedy -- by Emily Dickinson -- by Lilian Moore -- by Matsuo Basho; translated by Robert Hass -- by anonymous -- by Christina Georgina Rossetti -- by Avis Harley. The winged ones. Three little owls who sang hymns / A wise old owl : a nursery rhyme -- Haiku / I talk with the moon / Gray Goose / Moon geese / What was that? / De grey goose / Puzzling / Blue jay / The blackbird / Dust of snow / The eagle / Mother's plea / Coastal bats / A warbler / The saddest noise / Birds in the garden / From sing-song / Inuit song / Haiku / Visitor / You can talk about your hummingbirds / Hummingbird / Haiku / Arrivals / The white egret / The parrot / by anonymous -- by anonymous -- by Beverly McLoughland -- by Julie Larrios -- by Ann Turner -- by David L. Harrison -- by Huddie Ledbetter -- by William Cole -- by Janet S. Wong -- by Humbert Wolfe -- by Robert Frost -- by Alfred, Lord Tennyson -- by Lee Bennett Hopkins -- by Calef Brown -- by Walter de la Mare -- by Emily Dickinson -- by anonymous -- by Christina Georgina Rossetti -- translated by Edward Field, after Nakasuk -- by anonymous -- by Kristine O'Connell George -- by Arnold Adoff -- by Janet S. Wong -- by J.W. Hackett -- by Ann Turner -- by Paul Janeczko -- by anonymous. The water ones. The penguin / Penguins / Lost in the cold / Anemone / The starfish / Seal / The performing seal / Seal lullaby / The walrus / The eel / Beavers in November / There was an old person of Hyde / Young Prince Pinch / The crab / Happy the ocean / Sea turtle / Turtles / The shark / About the teeth of sharks / Sea jelly / Do oysters sneeze? / Mussel / Don't call alligator long-mouth till you cross river / The crocodile / Dark meat / by Oliver Herford -- by Charles Ghigna -- by anonymous -- by Jane Yolen -- by David McCord -- by William Jay Smith -- by Rachel Field -- by Rudyard Kipling -- by Jack Prelutsky -- by Ogden Nash -- by Marilyn Singer -- by Edward Lear -- by Avis Harley -- by Conrad Aiken -- by anonymous -- by anonymous -- by Charles Ghigna -- by Lord Alfred Douglas -- John Ciardi -- by Kelly Ramsdell Fineman -- by Jack Prelutsky -- by Steven Withrow -- by John Agard -- by Lewis Carroll -- by anonymous. The strange ones. Moray eel / All you oughta know about a piranha / The ostrich / The ostrich is a silly bird / I am a baby porcupette / Porcupine / The octopus / Seahorse / What is the opposite of pillow? / The argument / The anteater / Travel plans / The meerkats of Africa / Sand ghost / Frilled lizard / The yak / How to tell a camel / Skunk / A flamingo is / A blue-footed booby / Spoonbill haiku / How to paint a zebra / Zebra / Zebra / A promise / A centipede was happy quite / Vanishing act / Proboscis monkey ponders man / by Steven Withrow -- by Michael J. Rosen -- by Ogden Nash -- by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman -- by Joyce Sidman -- by Rebecca Kai Dotlich -- by Ogden Nash -- by Blake Morrison -- by Richard Wilbur -- by Bobbi Katz -- by Douglas Florian -- by Bobbi Katz -- by Gavin Ewart -- by Betsy Franco -- by Alice Schertle -- by Hilaire Belloc -- by J. Patrick Lewis -- by Lilian Moore -- by J. Patrick Lewis -- by Michael J. Rosen -- by Jane Yolen -- by anonymous -- by Gavin Ewart -- by Judith Thurman -- by Bobbi Katz -- by anonymous -- by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer -- by Alice Schertle. The noisy ones. The frog / The bull / Bull and ox / Crickets / Splinter / Crickets / Why pigs cannot write poems / Pig / Piety / Summertime / Unpopular Rex / Dog / The breed you need / The greater cats / You've got male / Lion / A picture of the rooster / Raccoon / From road-song of the bandar-log / From the law of the jungle / Why wolves howl / Jack A / The donkey : a nursery rhyme -- Visiting an old friend / by Hilaire Belloc -- by Alice Schertle -- by anonymous -- by Myra Cohn Livingston -- by Carl Sandburg -- by Harry Behn -- by John Ciardi -- by Richard Edwards -- by Ambrose Bierce -- by Myra Cohn Livingston -- by X.J. Kennedy -- by Naomi Shihab Nye -- by Bobbi Katz -- by V. Sackville-West -- by Avis Harley -- by Janet S. Wong -- by Tang Yin -- by Janet S. Wong -- by Rudyard Kipling -- by Rudyard Kipling -- by anonymous -- by J. Patrick Lewis -- by Charles Waters. The quiet ones. Rabbit / Four ducks on a pond / Firefly / Luna moth / The warning / Home to roost / The hens / Haiku / Cat in the snow / Fog / Haiku / Two cats / Sunning / Pet snake / Dressing like a snake / Snake / The panther / Coyote landscape / I saw a sloth play soccer / by Mary Ann Hoberman -- by William Allingham -- by Elizabeth Madox Roberts -- by J. Patrick Lewis -- by Adelaide Crapsey -- by Kay Ryan -- by Elizabeth Madox Roberts -- by Kristine O'Connell George -- by Aileen Fisher -- by Carl Sandburg -- by Avis Harley -- by anonymous -- by James S. Tippett -- by Rebecca Kai Dotlich -- by Georgia Heard -- by Barbara Juster Esbensen -- by Ogden Nash -- by Jane Yolen -- by Kenn Nesbitt. Final thoughts. Animals / Hurt no living thing / Magic words : an Inuit poem / Make the earth your companion / Writing poems about animals. by Walt Whitman -- by Christina Georgina Rossetti -- translated by Edward Field -- by J. Patrick Lewis --
Combines photography with lyrical text celebrating the animal world, in a compilation that includes works by such poets as Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost and Rudyard Kipling.
Elementary grade.
9781426310096 1426310099 9781426310546 1426310544
Animals--Juvenile poetry.
Electronic books- OSLIS.
PN6110.A7 / N46 2012eb
808.81/936