Dark emperor & other poems of the night /

Sidman, Joyce

Dark emperor & other poems of the night / Dark emperor and other poems of the night written by Joyce Sidman ; illustrated by Rick Allen. - 29 pages : color illustrations ; 27 x 28 cm.

Welcome to the night -- Snail at moonrise -- Love poem of the primrose moth -- Dark emperor -- Oak after dark -- Night-spider's advice -- I an a baby porcupette -- Cricket speaks -- The mushrooms come -- Ballad of the wandering eft -- Bat wraps up -- Moon's lament.

A collection of poems that celebrates the wonder, mystery, and danger of the night and describes the many things that hide in the dark. Illustrations and nighttime-themed poetry celebrate the natural world after dark and describe such subjects as silk-weaving spiders, oak trees that recover from their time in the sun, and a raspberry-leaf-eating porcupette that coos to its mother.

9780547152288 0547152280

2009049696


Night--Juvenile poetry.
Forest animals--Juvenile poetry.
Children's poetry, American.
Night--Poetry.
Animals--Poetry.
American poetry.
Night--Poetry.


Children's poetry.
American poetry.

PS3569.I295 / D37 2010

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