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Why Do I Sing? Animal Songs of the Pacific Northwest

Andrea Gabriel
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Sasquatch Books
Why Do I Sing? Animal Songs of the Pacific Northwest

Why Do I Sing? is a board book filled with soft watercolor images, painted by Andrea Gabriel, of honeybees, spotted owls, Pacific tree frogs, fin whales, loons. crickets, marmots, red-winged blackbirds, arctic wolves, and meadowlarks. Jennifer Blomgren has written a four-line poem for each vocalist.

"A HONEYBEE flies
with the sun on her wings,
And to tell of her travels,"
she dances and sings.

Entertaining and educational. The poems are fun to read in a sing-song voice and the pictures show kids what real animals look like. No cartoon critters here!

The 6 1/2 by 6 1/2-inch size makes it easy for small hands to grab and hold on. The sturdy board pages hold up well as children learn to turn pages.

Published bySasquatch Books/little bigfoot.

Chérie Newman is a former arts and humanities producer and on-air host for Montana Public Radio, and a freelance writer. She founded and previously hosted a weekly literary program, The Write Question, which continues to air on several public radio stations; it is also available online at PRX.org and MTPR.org.
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