Mirror to Nature, APHOTOS BY Ages: 10–12 Grades: 4–6 Pages: 32 List Price: 17.95 Cover: Hardcover Published: 4/1/2009 ISBN: 1-59078-624-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-59078-624-6 |
Water possesses reflective qualities, creating fascinating patterns and doubled images that allow us to see things in new ways. Celebrated writer Jane Yolen and photographer Jason Stemple capture these natural beauties in fourteen thoughtful poems and breathtaking pictures. Water provides an appropriate backdrop for Jane's musings on a raccoon swimming with his reflected self, the water-jagged legs of a snowy egret, the double danger of a hungry alligator at the edge of a swamp. Jason's photographs offer whimsical peeks at the natural world we rarely chance to see. This delightful combination of poetry and photos will give readers a unique opportunity to contemplate their world. Reviews
"The poetic forms are well matched to the mood in the pictures. ... Drawn by the rich play in words and pictures, kids will see reflections, strange and beautiful, in the natural world." "The pages and photographs are vibrant and lively, the poems best for reading aloud. [A] good volume—along with other titles by this mother-son team—for teachers wanting to connect science and poetry." |
"Pairing lyrical poems and crisp photography to great effect, this collection is a gem. ... The images and words resonate—readers will find themselves responding to Yolen’s introductory invitation to ‘linger over these photos, contemplate the poems, see if together or separately they make you think again, make you reflect.’"