Introduces poetry and art through the themes of animals and beasts in this selection of over eighty poems juxtaposed with illustrations.

After a courtship voyage of a year and a day, Owl and Pussy finally buy a ring from Piggy and are blissfully married.

A poetic exploration of the hippos, leopards, chimpanzees, and other animals found in the jungle.

"What? You've never seen animals in pants? A dog in yoga pants, a goat in overalls, a yak in slacks? Animals in Pants presents a parade of impeccable poems about animals wearing perfectly pressed pants." -- inside front jacket flap. Simple, humorous poems featuring a variety of animals wearing different kinds of pants.

So put on your pith helmet and prepare to explore a wilderness of puns and rhymes where birds, beasts, vegetables, and flowers have been mysteriously scrambled together to create creatures you've never seen before -- and are unlikely to meet again! Your guides -- Jack Prelutsky, poet laureate of the elementary school set, and two-time Caldecott Honor artist Peter Sis -- invite you to join them on an adventure you will never forget!

A collection of poems about origami animals.

Haiku-like poems describe a variety of animals.

A collection of poems that provide a look at some of the animals, insects, and plants that are found in ponds, with accompanying information about each.

A collection of poems celebrating animals, from weasels to hammerhead sharks.

Animals dominate this humane and serious sixth collection from Mathis, at first in the chill forests of New England, and then in and around the sea ... Mathis's pages show heart, observation, and thought; they also show a loneliness, and a sense of lost human connection assuaged by instinct, by 'her own animal self.'