Award winning author-poet, Kristine O'Connell George crafts a book of poems based on a real life event at her California home entitled, Hummingbird Nest: A Journal of Poems. The book is a chronicling of a hummingbird and its activities through the course of its stay in the nest it built on George's porch.
The chronicling of the hummingbird visit is reflected both through the poems and watercolor illustrations. Each illustration is dated. Readers understand that the activities of the hummingbird and the keeping of the poetry journal lasted aproximately two months; from February 3-April 1st.
I like the idea that the hummingbird activities were monitored for a certain time and written about through the format of poetry as poems can be expressions of moments in time. The water color illustrations by Barry Moser add a depth and appreciation for the natural world that also comes through in the words chosen for each poem. Added information through the author's note, informative and interesting facts about hummingbirds, and further reading about hummingbirds will create future birdwatchers along with the book's poems.
Recommended for grades 3-6.
Keywords: poetry, hummingbirds, nature journal.
The chronicling of the hummingbird visit is reflected both through the poems and watercolor illustrations. Each illustration is dated. Readers understand that the activities of the hummingbird and the keeping of the poetry journal lasted aproximately two months; from February 3-April 1st.
I like the idea that the hummingbird activities were monitored for a certain time and written about through the format of poetry as poems can be expressions of moments in time. The water color illustrations by Barry Moser add a depth and appreciation for the natural world that also comes through in the words chosen for each poem. Added information through the author's note, informative and interesting facts about hummingbirds, and further reading about hummingbirds will create future birdwatchers along with the book's poems.
Recommended for grades 3-6.
Keywords: poetry, hummingbirds, nature journal.
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