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Dear Wandering Wildebeest: And Other Poems from the Water Hole

Irene Latham

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Finalist:Cybils -Poetry (2014)
Silver Medal Winner:Moonbeam Children's Book Award -Children's Poetry (2015)

Spend a day at a water hole on the African grasslands.

Welcome wildebeest / and beetle, / Oxpecker and lion. / This water hole is yours. / It offers you oasis / beside its shrinking shores.

From dawn to nightfall, animals come and go. Giraffes gulp, wildebeest graze, impalas leap, vultures squabble, and elephants wallow. Irene Latham's gorgeous poems are accompanied by additional facts that provide further details about the animals and their environment. Imaginative illustrations from Anna Wadham complete this delightful collection.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Millbrook Press (Tm)
  • Publish Date: Aug 1st, 2014
  • Pages: 32
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.90in - 10.00in - 0.30in - 0.80lb
  • EAN: 9781467712323
  • Recommended age: 08-12
  • Categories: • American - General

About the Author

Latham, Irene: - Irene Latham is the author of more than a dozen current and forthcoming works of poetry, fiction, and picture books. Her work includes Charlotte Huck Honor Book and ALA Notable Children's Book Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship (co-written with Charles Waters) and the Caldecott Honor Book The Cat Man of Aleppo(co-written by Karim Shamsi-Basha). In 2016 she won the ILA Lee Bennett Hopkins Promising Poet Award. Visit her at www.irenelatham.com.
Wadham, Anna: - Anna Wadham is the illustrator of several picture books and has an MA in children's book illustration. She lives in Norwich, England, where she enjoys the rooftop views from her flat and the city cafes.

Praise for this book

"Latham's finely crafted verse, at once humorous and serious, dazzlingly opens the imagination to the wilds of the world. Enlightening and engaging, a thrilling panorama of the diversity to be found throughout the animal kingdom." --starred, Kirkus Reviews

-- (7/15/2014 12:00:00 AM)

"This will be a much-sought-after book for teaching reading and inquiry skills.... A strong choice." --starred, School Library Journal

-- (7/1/2014 12:00:00 AM)

"[F]un, descriptive poems about intriguing animals...presented in an entertaining, light manner with playful illustrations."―Library Media Connection

-- (3/1/2015 12:00:00 AM)

"Fifteen poems capture the denizens of the African water hole, from impalas and elephants to oxpecker birds and dung beetles. Entries vary between rhymed and unrhymed, but all are compact, rhythmic, and short-lined, with frequent tasty soundplay ('white tackles/ in a rugby tangle') that will enhance readaloud pleasure." --The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

-- (1/1/2015 12:00:00 AM)

"A fine volume of verse for independent reading or sharing with a class." --Booklist

-- (12/15/2014 12:00:00 AM)

"An assured and often amusing grouping of verse that informs as it entertains." --Publishers Weekly

-- (9/8/2014 12:00:00 AM)