![]() ![]() When I picked up the book I expected to read poetry, when in reality I read poetry, while learning fascinating facts. The informational text and poetry is combined in a seamless and easy to understand fashion. Majority of the poems focus on living creatures found in a pond, but the poems also cover the food chain and hibernation. Song of the Water Boatman & Other Poems by Joyce Sidman is a compilation of poems focused around pond life. The nephew gave this 3 stars and the niece gave this 4 stars. She thought this was a great book of facts and she enjoyed the use of poetry to get across the personality of the bug. The niece loves fact books and she appreciated the poems in the story about this tiny habitat. Both kids thought the water bear was pretty gross and I agree. He got a little squirmy, but he seemed to like learning about these odd bugs. The nephew loves bugs and odd things, so he liked the animals in this. The artwork did a great job of bringing these tiny creatures to life. It makes a shell out of anything on the bottom of the pond and it looks ready for a fashion show. I thought the poetry was good and it brings focus on the small world of the pond. Duckweed is an unusual plant that floats on the water. The water bear is quite a strange micro-organism I am learning about. ![]() Each page or so has a poem and then a few facts about the animals being elucidated. ![]() They almost went extinct and they are very shy. Have you ever heard of a Wood Duck? Me either. Here is a collection of poems about life in a pond. ![]()
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