Earthmates: Poems by Patricia Hubbell, Illustrations by Jean Cassels
All around the earth, creatures are stirring! From the small brown blot that is the shrew, to the smooth-as-ooze water snake, to the chuckling Canadian geese that have come into the kitchen, the poems in this collection present creatures that roam the land. Lyrical descriptions create vivid images of the various animals, whether they wriggle like the earthworm, or glide across the sky like flittermice, whether they are stuck on stones like barnacles, or penned at the zoo like the elephant. Brilliantly-colored paintings capture the earthmates in their glory - the lion yawning, wild turkeys strutting, fireflies glittering, and many more. Read the poems quietly to yourself or aloud with friends - and discover wondrous, unusual, and extraordinary things about the seemingly ordinary animals that inhabit this planet with you!