Beast Feast

By: FLORIAN DOUGLAS

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Paperback | 15 March 1998

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Paperback
47 Pages

Age
6 - 9

Grade
1 - 4

Dimensions(cm)
25.4 x 25.4 x 0.64

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In this hilarious collection of twenty-one original animal poems and paintings, the animals are out in all their finned, furry, and feathered glory. From lobsters to rheas to fireflies, kiwis to camels to chameleons, here’s a beast for everyone to love!

Industry Reviews

A frequent picture-book author-illustrator offers 21 snappy poems about animals, each depicted in a square, dynamically composed watercolor. The succinctly phrased verse is fresh, occasionally whimsical, and witty with wordplay and puns ("The pounding spatter/Of salty sea/Makes the walrus/Walrusty" is accompanied by a picture of a resigned looking old specimen in shades of rust). Sly humor pervades the pictures as much as the verse: the anteater's one-way arrow for "A thousand termites riding in/But no one riding out"; a mega-clawed "underwater/Mobster" lobster ("So be careful/On vacation/Not to step on/This crustacean"); ant tunnels that spell "Ant City"; a caterpillar ("not a cat") that has chewed a cat-shaped hole in a leaf; a sloth so indolent that flowers sprout beneath its chin. Subtle, sophisticated, and quite charming. (Kirkus Reviews)

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