Where Fish Go In Winter (Easy-to-Read, Puffin)

Amy Goldman Koss

ISBN 10: 0142300381 / ISBN 13: 9780142300381

Published by Puffin, 2002

Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0142300381I2N00

Synopsis:

Have you ever wondered where fish go when the ponds and lakes freeze in the wintertime? Or what makes the sound you hear when you put your ear to a seashell? Or why snakes shed their skins? Now you can find out the answers to these questions and many others in this beautiful book of fanciful and fact-filled poems that explain some of nature's greatest mysteries.

From School Library Journal: Grade 1-3-In 14 poems of 3 to 7 quatrains, Koss attempts simple explanations of natural phenomena ("Why do leaves change colors?"; "How do cats purr?"; "How do birds fly?"; "What is the Man in the Moon?"). While the questions will hold appeal for newly independent readers, the author's emphasis on end rhyme often pulls attention away from the poem's content and results in a cursory explanation rather than the sort of detailed description that would satisfy a young audience. Some of the vocabulary is too sophisticated for the intended age group. ("Gravity sensors/Within each young root/Teach it to follow/A straight downward route.") Attractive, brightly colored two-page paintings show the subject of the poem in its natural setting. Oddly, all of the people, animals, plants, and natural objects inside are softly detailed realistic/impressionist, but the pictures for the fish featured on the cover and in the title poem are cartoons. While a few of the poems do work, most lack both informational and poetic quality.
Susan Scheps, Shaker Heights Public Library, OH
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Bibliographic Details

Title: Where Fish Go In Winter (Easy-to-Read, ...
Publisher: Puffin
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Paperback
Illustrator: Bryant, Laura
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket