5/24/2023 0 Comments Bird Watch by Jane Yolen![]() The cardinal, "a brilliant blot/on winter's page," is indeed a bold red on the upper left of two stark, snowy pages. The birds are beautifully, vibrantly, and realistically portrayed in Lewin's watercolor paintings that perfectly match the words of the poems. Sometimes the images will cause readers to stop and then break into laughter, as when a woodpecker's ratatat is described as "as cleansing as a dentist's probe/ in a mouthful of cavities." There is a poignancy in "Nestlings," which states that, "All babies/ are born/ ugly/ and unfinished./ But today/I found a nest with/ three/ baby/ robins/ and they were/ beautiful/ because they were mine." Each double-page spread contains a single poem and corresponding picture. Yolen's startling descriptions almost jump off the page, reminding readers of what they may have watched but never truly saw. ![]() ![]() ![]() But this is not, in any way, a preachy book. Grade 2 Up- Yolen and Lewin have combined verbal and visual images in an expression of reverence for and joy in our feathered friends. ![]()
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