The Birds and the Bees
September 11th, 2014 by jules
illustrated by Rick Allen
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illustrated by Becca Stadtlander
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Last week at Kirkus, I wrote here about two new picture book poetry collections — On the Wing by David Elliott and illustrated by newcomer Becca Stadtlander and, coming in November from Joyce Sidman, Winter Bees & Other Poems of the the Cold, illustrated by Rick Allen.
I’ve got art from each today.
Enjoy.
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ON THE WING. Text copyright © 2014 by David Elliott. Illustrations copyright © 2014 by Rebecca Stadtlander. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA.
WINTER BEES & OTHER POEMS OF THE COLD. Text copyright © 2014 by Joyce Sidman. Illustrations copyright © 2014 by Rick Allen. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston.
These two books have been on my “must have” list for a long while. Gorgeous words, gorgeous art!
I see a golden sun coming to the cover of Winter Bees.
Just bought WINTER BEES for myself this week, and finally got ON THE WING as well. SO happy to see/read both of them!!
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