Wonderful - Even for an infant

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	• Mammalabilia: Poems and Paintings Douglas Florian Steck-Vaughn, 2000 - 47 pages average customer review:based on 8 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Fun with Language

My three-year-old loves this book, Florian's poetry is simple, amusing and easy to read (again and again and again). Yes there are some less-than-acurate portrayals of animals (I can't believe no-one mentioned that the lemur is shown using a crutch and the rhebok is wearing ~gasp~ tennis shoes!) C'mon folks, reading is supposed to be fun!! If you are afraid your child we be confused by such frivolity, buy him/her an encyclopedia.

NOT AS SIMPLE AS IT LOOKS.

This is a rather unique little book. At first glance (without a thoughtful read), the short poems are rather simple in nature and are indeed quite easy to read, which is good for the young ones. On the other hand, the word play the author uses is actually quite complex. He actually has fun with words and I suspects, hopes his adult readers will also. The art at first glance is simple too. To call it "primitive" might work, I suppose, as long as it is not a put down to the artist. The paintings are actually quite well done (I would dearly love to have some of the originals to frame for the house or office), and if you find that hard to believe, try doing one your self. The book covers several different animals, fox, coyote, bever, zebra, lynx and more. The kids seem to like this one and it is a nice book to read to them and then let them have a try. Don't underestimate this one. It is quite good and an excellent additon to any children's library.

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Wonderful - Even for an infant

My daughter is only 5 months old, however, the rhythm of the poems in Mammalabilia keeps her attention. We are able to read the whole book before she rolls away. She finds the large pictures to be captivating and "talks" right along with me as I read to her. I believe that this is a book she can grow with. What a wonderful way to introduct poetry to young children!

good, but not his best

While the poems are fun and engaging, there is far less scientific information given than in some of his other works. "The Beaver" is a brilliant four line (four hyphenated words) poem packed with information, while "The Aardvarks" relays nothing except some clever spellings. If you must pick only one Douglas Florian book, "Beast Feast" or "Insectlopedia" would be much better choices.

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mammalabilia

This is a good book of mammal poems. The poems are short, but also educational and funny. Included are: the aardvark, the bactrian camel, the fox, the coyote, the gorilla, the beaver, the zebra, the lynx, the ibex, the otter, the rhebok, the elephant, the mule, the tapir, the lemur, the giraffe, the hippopotamus, the wild boar, the bear, the porcupine and the tiger.

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In Douglas Florian's latest menagerie of twenty-one original poems and paintings, readers will be laughing out loud at the sheer silliness of his animal observations. With mammals ranging from the howling coyote and the wood-chopping beaver to the daring ibex and the speedy tiger, here is a zooful of furry fun like no other! The fifth book in a celebrated animal poetry collection series from a Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award winner ? Twenty-one poems and paintings that blend humor with scientific information ?Companion to the immensely popular insectlopedia, a Publishers Weekly children's bestseller that delighted Daniel Pinkwater's audience on National Public Radio

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