{"product_id":"animals-in-surprising-shades-poems-about-earths-colorful-creatures","title":"Animals in Surprising Shades: Poems About Earth's Colorful Creatures","description":"A 2025 Eureka! Nonfiction Book Award Honoree - Gold\n\nA 2024 CBC Teachers Favorite Award Winner\n\nA Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year selection (2024)\n\nNamed a 2024 Outstanding Science Trade Book by the NSTA\/CBC\n\nFor young poets who love science and young scientists who love poetry, this thoughtful collection of poems about fascinating and colorful creatures found throughout the world invites readers to linger and wonder on every page.\nLearn why the Blue-footed Booby puts on a special dance or how the Picasso Bug uses its masterful chemical defense against predators. Explore simple and fun poetic forms like the tanka, haiku, and quatrain. Just be sure to take good notes! An interactive component rewards practicing poets seeking to challenge themselves further.\nWith gorgeous illustrations and a rainbow of colors to complement the lyrical and engaging text, this book will fit nicely on the shelves of any classroom or library where kids are interested in science, writing or the arts.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1957655046\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1957655046.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Johnston Taylor, Susan|Bakst, Annie\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41446804815930,"sku":"DBV.1957655046.G","price":6.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1957655046-0.jpg?v=1780707414","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/animals-in-surprising-shades-poems-about-earths-colorful-creatures","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}