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    Forest Has a Song, by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater | Book Spotlight

    Bianca SchulzeBy 2 Mins Read Ages 4-8 Environment & Ecology Poetry & Rhyme

    The Children’s Book Review
    Published: April 3, 2013

    Book: Forest Has a Song

    Reading level: Ages 6-9

    Hardcover: 40 pages

    Overview

    A spider is a “never-tangling dangling spinner / knitting angles, trapping dinner.” A tree frog proposes, “Marry me. Please marry me… / Pick me now. / Make me your choice. / I’m one great frog / with one strong voice.” VanDerwater lets the denizens of the forest speak for themselves in twenty-six lighthearted, easy-to-read poems. As she observes, “Silence in Forest / never lasts long. / Melody / is everywhere / mixing in / with piney air. / Forest has a song.” The graceful, appealing watercolor illustrations perfectly suit these charming poems that invite young readers into the woodland world at every season.

    About the Author

    Amy Ludwig VanDerwater’s poems have been published in several anthologies, and her first two poetry collections for children – FOREST HAS A SONG (Clarion, 2013) and READING TIME (WordSong, date TBA) – are soon on the way. Amy is also co-author – with Lucy Calkins and Stephanie Parsons – of the forthcoming grade 2 book, POETRY: BIG LESSONS IN SMALL PACKAGES (Heinemann, March 2013).

    On most days, you can find Amy in her cozy old farmhouse in Holland, NY with her husband, their three children, and many pets (maybe even foster kittens!) When not chasing pets, she also travels around the US, teaching about writing workshop, various genres, and how to confer with students. In 2013, Amy will present at IRA, TLA, ALL WRITE!, and the Paramus Writing Institute.

    Website – www.amylv.com
    The Poem Farm Blog – www.poemfarm.amylv.com
    Sharing Our Notebooks Blog – www.sharingournotebooks.amylv.com

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    Bianca Schulze is the founder of The Children’s Book Review. She is a reader, reviewer, mother and children’s book lover. She also has a decade’s worth of experience working with children in the great outdoors. Combined with her love of books and experience as a children’s specialist bookseller, the goal is to share her passion for children’s literature to grow readers. Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, she now lives with her husband and three children near Boulder, Colorado.

    4 Comments

    1. Amy Ludwig VanDerwater on

      Thank you very much for offering a giveaway of this, my first book, here on your site. I truly appreciate it! Yours, AMy

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