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"A menagerie of mostly unsung animals should please young poetry lovers. Animal lovers will welcome the irreverent but informative verse."

Publishers Weekly


"Catalogs a random spectrum of creatures and the exaggerated cartoon illustrations in bright colors accentuate each poem's action with humor."

School Library Journal


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Curious Creatures

by Barry Louis Polisar

illustrated by David Clark

$14.95, 32 p. color illustrated.

ISBN# 9780938663522


This new collaboration between Barry Louis Polisar and illustrator David Clark is a long awaited sequel to Barry's earlier collections of poems, Peculiar Zoo and Insect Soup.

From the echidna with its two-foot-long tongue and the flying paradise snake of Borneo, to common earthworms and houseflies, this collection even includes, the most curious of all creatures, man.



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Press arrow to hear Barry read his poem "The Echidna"

Press arrow to hear Barry read his poem "Beef"

Press arrow to hear Barry read his poem "The Quokka"

Press arrow to hear Barry read his poem "The Earthworm"

Press arrow to hear Barry read his poem "Vultures"

Press arrow to hear Barry read his poem "The Unau"

Press arrow to hear Barry read his poem "The Dart Frog"

Press arrow to hear Barry read his poem "Man"

Press arrow to hear Barry read his poem "The Fly"

Press arrow to hear Barry read his poem "Lemmings"

Press arrow to hear Barry read his poem "The Ibex"

Press arrow to hear Barry read his poem "The Opossum"

Press arrow to hear Barry read his poem "The Vicuna"

Press arrow to hear Barry read his poem "The Bush Pig"