Animal songs -- We don't say Ribbit! -- We call to each other -- Noisy fish -- You can't see us, but you can hear us -- Song thief -- Rattlesnake warning -- Cricket arthmetic: three haiku -- Flight of the honeybees -- Bigclaw snapping shrimp -- Songsters of the sea -- The language of elephants -- Forest orchestra.
Summary:
"These poems for two or more voices explore the myriad sounds animals make--from a frog's jug-o-rum to a fish's boom! to an elephant's bark. Laced with humor, the poems are a delight to read aloud and cover all major classes of animals: mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, insects, even a crustacean! Readers will learn how to estimate the temperature by counting a cricket's chirps and see how creatures make sounds at specific pitches and frequencies, so that they can be heard despite other noise around them. Extensive end notes provide more information on the animals and how and why they make the sounds they do. Written by noted children's poet Georgia Heard, this is an ideal collection for parents and children to share, or for a fun, interactive classroom read-aloud."-- provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.