What's Everybuggy Reading: Ophelia
The Sun in Me: Poems About the Planet
compiled by Judith Nicholls
illustrated by Beth Krommes
Barefoot Books, 2003
Ah . . . isn’t nature wonderful? I can’t think of a better home than The Great Woods. Lounging in the grass, sleeping under the stars—it's pure paradise.
In this month’s Spider, I simply adored the poem “I Say to the Sun” (page 12). I’ve had more than a few intelligent conversations with the sun and moon myself. (But I still seek the answer to one burning question: WHY must the sun get so hot? It makes my perfectly smooth green shell absolutely crispy!)
I think the spirit of nature guided me to this lovely book of nature poems. The poem “Look!” reminded me of my long-ago adventures in Africa—filled with cassava leaves and exotic fruit! I also enjoyed “Riddle Me Day,” a traditional Albanian nature riddle:
It rolls over rock, and never gets torn
It runs through the bush untouched by the thorn
It falls into water, but cannot sink down
It dives in the sea, yet cannot drown.
Do you know the answer? (Hint: It's making me crispy right now!)
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