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Author:

Harley, Avis.

Title:

African acrostics : a word in edgeways / poems by Avis Harley ; photographs by Deborah Noyes.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Candlewick Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

[38] p. : col. ill. ; 23 x 27 cm.

Subject:

Animals--Africa--Juvenile poetry.
Children's poetry, Canadian.
Acrostics.
Poetry.

Other Authors:

Noyes, Deborah, ill.

Summary:

Inside every acrostic is a secret message, often lurking in the first letter of each line (read top to bottom). But look out! These acrostics not only follow their subjects to Africa, but they also take the form to a whole new level. Here you'll find the elusive double acrostic (in which the first and last letters of each line spell a message), the cross acrostic (in which the message is read diagonally), and the multiple acrostic (see it to believe it), not to mention lions, zebras, crocodiles, hippos, leopards, and elephants. Oh, my! Illustrated with gorgeous full-color photographs, this collection is sure to send poetry buffs and animal lovers on an armchair safari they'll never forget.

ISBN:

0763636215 (hc.)
9780763636210 (hc.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)225852494

LCCN:

2008017916

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)