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Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2007-27-02

Today at the Bluebird Cafe: Today at the Bluebird Cafe

Today at the Bluebird Cafe: Today at the Bluebird Cafe

Deborah Ruddell, Author

Hardcover

9780689871535

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Twenty-two vivid poems capture the unique personalities of birds, from backyard blue jays to toucans and cockatoos. Ruddell's poems are funny and thoughtful, silly and sweet, while Rankin's delightful pictures enchant the eye and tickle the funny bone. Full color.
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Wit and wonder nest in every stanza. These poems perch lightly on nature’s rhythms, blending whimsy with close observation. A lyrical introduction to birds—and poetry—that sings.

Keywords and Themes: Animals • Beauty • Birds • Creativity • Edu: Writing • Figurative Language • Humorous • Juvenile Nonfiction • Mood • Nature • Observation • Poetry • Rhythm • Wonder

Readability • 2.2

Age Range • 4-10

Pages • 32

Subjects • Children's poetry • American • American poetry • Picture books for children • Birds

Categories • Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry | Humorous • Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Birds

It's all-you-can-eat
at the Bluebird Café,
A grasshopper-katydid-cricket buffet,
with berries and snails
and a bluebottle fly,
a sip of the lake
and a bite of the sky.

A world of birds unfolds in twenty-two vivid poems that capture the unique personalities of birds from backyard blue jays to toucans and cockatoos. Come sweep through the sky with an eagle, compare table manners with a vulture, and mock a mockingbird -- if you dare!

Debora Ruddell's poems are funny and thoughtful, silly and sweet. Joan Rankin's delightful pictures enchant the eye and tickle the funny bone. There is something for everyone who flies through the pages of this brilliantly birdbrained book.

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