Joyful noise :

Fleischman, Paul

Joyful noise : poems for two voices / Paul Fleischman ; illustrated by Eric Beddows - First HarperTrophy edition - 44 pages : illustrations ;

"A Charlotte Zolotow book."

Grasshoppers -- Water striders -- Mayflies -- Fireflies -- Book lice -- Moth's serenade -- Water boatmen -- Digger wasp -- Cicadas -- Honeybees -- Whirligig beetles -- Requiem -- House crickets -- Chrysalis diary

A collection of poems describing the characteristics and activities of a variety of insects. Written to be read aloud by two voices--sometimes alternating, sometimes simultaneous--here is a collection of irresistible poems that celebrate the insect world, from the short life of the mayfly to the love song of the book louse. Funny, sad, loud, and quiet, each of these poems resounds with a booming, boisterous, joyful noise

0064460932 (pbk.) 9780064460934 (pbk.)


Insects--Juvenile poetry

811/.54