So Imagine Me: Nature Riddles in Poetry - Softcover

Davies; Lynn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1771088672 ISBN 13: 9781771088671

Publisher: Nimbus Publishing Ltd, 2021

Synopsis

From award-winning poet Lynn Davies comes her first collection for children. And there's a twist: each of the poems in So Imagine Me has a secret.

The lyrical and playful text describes something from nature--flora or fauna or another phenomenon--that's also hiding in the illustrations. Readers will puzzle over the words and pore over the detailed illustrations looking for clues. Some of the riddles might be easy, and some are definitely tricky. All of them will delight, entertain, and challenge, leaving readers of all ages with new facts to share and an urge to get out into nature to discover more mysteries.

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About the Author

Lynn Davies is the author of three books of poetry. Her poems have been broadcast on CBC, translated into French and Spanish, and nominated for a Governor General's Award. Her stories and poems for children have appeared in many anthologies. She is the proud mother of two grown children, Josie-May and Patrick, and lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick, with her partner, Dave Macfarlane. <i>So Imagine Me</i> is her first book for children. Visit her at lynndavies.ca.<br /><br />Chrissie Park-MacNeil is a self-taught artist who grew up in Gillams in rural Newfoundland. She and her family have been living in Fredericton, New Brunswick, for over twenty years. Her realistic, often whimsical paintings reach into the playful and childlike, with the intention of adding a bit of light and beauty to people's lives. This is Chrissie's third children's book.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

Which Way
You'll find me north
but snow never falls
on me. You've given
me many names.
For hundreds of years you've looked up
to my seven suns.

Only a giantess
with eyes like moons
and comets in her hair
could grab my long
handle and drink
from me. But what
my cup holds is
anybody's guess.

What am I?

Edition details

• Publisher: Nimbus Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1771088672
• ISBN 13: 9781771088671
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Park-MacNeil, Chrissie
• Number of pages: 32