Illustrated by the author
2015, Henry Holt & Co.
HC &$17.99
32 pgs.
Goodreads rating: 4.03
My rating: 5
Endpapers: Green
Title Page Single page, decorated with animals from the poems
My comments: Ah, Julie Paschkis. One of my all-time favorite illustrators. And in this gorgeous picture book, she wrote all the poems, too - in two languages! Some of them just sang out to me. Others didn't. She wrote them first in Spanish, then translated to English. Her illustrations are luscious. A feast for the eyes. The few poems that weren't fives for me sounded GREAT in Spanish, even though I couldn't understand a word!
Goodreads: All sorts of animals flutter and hum, dance and stretch, and slither and leap their way through this joyful collection of poems in English and Spanish. Julie Paschkis's poems and art sing in both languages, bringing out the beauty and playfulness of the animal world.
Snake
Slithering
through
the grass
the sinuous snake
is writing
a slippery poem
with his body.
But his alphabet is
too simple.
He only knows
one letter:
sssssssssss.
Crow
On this gray day
on the gray street
the black crow caws.
He hops,
stops,
and stares
at a yellow umbrella --
the only sun shining
today.
Owl
The moon is a lantern
in the branches.
A shimmer.
A shadow whistles
through the grass.
A whisper.
Out of the darkness
an owl hoots.
An echo.
The night train
is leaving.
Snake
Slithering
through
the grass
the sinuous snake
is writing
a slippery poem
with his body.
But his alphabet is
too simple.
He only knows
one letter:
sssssssssss.
Crow
On this gray day
on the gray street
the black crow caws.
He hops,
stops,
and stares
at a yellow umbrella --
the only sun shining
today.
Owl
The moon is a lantern
in the branches.
A shimmer.
A shadow whistles
through the grass.
A whisper.
Out of the darkness
an owl hoots.
An echo.
The night train
is leaving.
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