A Place To Start a Family: Poems About Creatures That Build

By HARRISON, David L.

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9781580897488
Publisher
Charlesbridge


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on January 1, 2018  |  Poetry

K-Gr 4—Narrative poems describe how 13 creatures construct homes for their families, building intricate and oftentimes beautiful creations from materials such as thread, glue, and paper. An introduction in prose explains how animals, including people, build before the book delves into verse. Each subsequent section includes three poems about living things who build in that particular environment: builders underground, on land, in water, and in the air. A bonus poem about a different kind of builder, sun coral, completes the collecti...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Magazine

Reviewed on March 1, 2019

The prairie dog in its underground tunnels, termites in their towering nests, beaver dams in lakes, and more. Thirteen accessible rhyming poems ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on March 1, 2019

The prairie dog in its underground tunnels, termites in their towering nests, beaver dams in lakes, and more. Thirteen accessible rhyming poems ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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