If the Owl Calls Again: A Collection of Owl Poems.

LIVINGSTON, Myra Cohn (selected by).

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ISBN 10: 0689505019 ISBN 13: 9780689505010

Published by Margaret K. McElderry Books,, NY:, 1990

Language: English

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Woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi. First printing. Light foxing on top edge, else near fine in a near fine, price clipped dust jacket.

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Title

If the Owl Calls Again: A Collection of Owl Poems.

Publisher

Margaret K. McElderry Books,, NY:

Publication Date

1990

Language

English

ISBN 10

0689505019

ISBN 13

9780689505010

Binding

Hardcover

Illustrator

Frasconi, Antonio

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Near Fine

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A collection of poems about owls by many different authors.

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Grade 5 Up-- An almost infinite variety of owls and the many moods, images , and ideas they stir in humans. Along with familiar poems from nursery rhymes and limericks are modern works by favorite poets such as Jack Prelutsky, David McCord, Eve Merriam , and Livingston herself. Also included are selections from Shakespeare, Tennyson , and Wordsworth . It is especially satisfying to find poems representative of more than half a dozen Native American peoples, attesting to the importance of the owl in these cultures. The humorous poems will probably be the most appealing to children. Who can resist X. J. Kennedy's "Owl" which ends, "And just because he preens like men/ Who utter grave advice,/ We think him full of wisdom when/ He's only full of mice"? Others capture the mystery of this bird who, in the words of Deborah Chandra, manages "To see the things I cannot see,/ And be a thing I cannot be." The jacket illustrations, front and rear, and the seven additional woodcuts within by Frasconi merely hint at the brooding power of these creatures and are clearly not the best work of this distinguished illustrator. --Kay E. Vandergrift, School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
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