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Earthways, Earthwise: Poems on Conservation - Paperback
Oxford University Press
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Release Date
3/26/1998
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ISBN-13
9780192722485 | 978-0-19-272248-5
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ISBN
0192722484 | 0-19-272248-4
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Format
Paperback
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This collection of 77 poems addresses a variety of environmental issues for young readers. Each poem--with titles like "What is a Weed?", "Seal-Song," "The Dodo," "A River's Story"--gives a relevant issue, such as endangered species, meaning for children just discovering environmentalism. The poets--including Robert Louis Stevenson, Edna St. Vincent Millay, a Zuni Indian, and a group of school children--are from all over the world. What is One? One is the sun, a rhino's horn. a drop of dew, a lizard's tongue. One is the world, a lonely whale. an elephant's trunk, a monkey's tail. One is an acorn, one is a moon. one is a forest, felled too soon. --Judith Nicholls
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