Earth Verse: Haiku from the Ground Up - by Sally M Walker (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In a stunning combination of science, haiku, and impressionistic (but accurate) art, this one-of-a-kind book by a Sibert Medal-winning author encourages readers to think playfully about our planet and its wondrous processes. Full color.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Rocks, fossils, earthquakes.</b><br><b>Seventeen short syllables?</b><br><b>Earth Science haiku!</b> <p/>In a stunning combination of haiku and impressionistic (but accurate) art, this one-of-a-kind book encourages readers to think playfully about our planet and its wondrous processes. Sibert Medal-winning author Sally M. Walker covers Earth's many marvels -- fossilized skeletons of plants and animals, terrific volcanic eruptions, the never-ending hydrologic cycle -- in sometimes straightforward, sometimes metaphoric three-line haikus. Expertly drawn art by William Grill, author-illustrator of <i>Shackleton's Journey, </i>provides a visual reference for each poem. In clear and creative back matter, Walker and Grill further use their skills to provide additional detailed explanations for the science behind each concept. A unique, artistic intersection of poetry and science, <i>Earth Verse</i> is sure to enthrall any and all readers interested in the world around them.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Throughout the collection, Walker's pithy portraits are accompanied by Gill's trademark colored-pencil illustrations, here expressively and somewhat abstractly rendered in muted tones...a provocative verse introduction to what lies on and deep below the Earth's surface.<br>--Kirkus Reviews <p/>The combination of Walker's tiny jewels of poetry and Grill's oversize pictures will draw children into contemplating the natural wonders of the world.<br>--Horn Book <p/>A lovely melding of science and art, perfectly positioned for our age of STEAM.<br>--Booklist Online <p/>The noted nonfiction writer turns from prose to poetry here in nearly thirty haiku about the planet Earth...The verses could...pique the interest of young scientists.<br>--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Sally M. Walker </b>majored in geology and is the author of Sibert Medal winner <i>Secrets of a Civil War Submarine</i> as well as many other nonfiction books, including <i>Boundaries: How the Mason-Dixon Line Settled a Family Feud and Divided a Nation</i> and <i>Winnie: The True Story of the Bear Who Inspired Winnie-the-Pooh</i>. Sally M. Walker lives in Illinois. <p/><b>William Grill </b>is the author-illustrator of <i>Shackleton's Journey</i>, a <i>New York Times </i>Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year and winner of a Kate Greenaway Medal, and <i>The Wolves of Currumpaw. </i>He lives in England.
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