Dinner is served. What in nature could be more poetic than the hunt for food and the struggle for survival? In twenty-nine poems readers will squirm at the realities of how the animal world catches food, eats it, and becomes dinner in turn. In these quirky poems readers are introduced to many animals with disgusting eating habits, such as the marabou stork that lurks on the periphery, like a vampire in the shadows, waiting for a chance to pick at a rotting carcass. The dermestid beetle does not mind doing the dirty work, cleaning up animals on the road side and often made busy at museums cleaning up bones for exhibits. And, baby wasps hatch inside an unsuspecting caterpillar and eat their way out. Gross, cool, and extremely funny, David Clark's illustrations get to the heart (and skin and guts) of the food chain and the web of life, depicting the animal world at dinner time in all its gory glory. Back matter includes further information about the animals in the poems and the scientific terms used.
Snuggle up with a warm blanket and your little one to enjoy this soothing Bedtime Songs Collection. Young readers will be captivated by the reassuring illustrations and over 20 comforting rhymes including: Golden Slumbers, Brahms’ Lullaby, Dance To Your Daddy, All the Pretty Little Horses, The Clouds, Raisins and Almonds, Slumber Song,It’s Night-Night Time, Sleep, Baby Sleep, This Little Pig Went To Market, Fingers and Toes, All Through The Night, Wee Willie Winkie, Mother Goose Lullaby, Mammy Loves and Pappy Loves, Hey Diddle Diddle, Welsh Lullaby, Are You Sleeping?, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, Winkum, Winkum, German Cradle Song, Go to Sleep, Mozart’s Lullaby, Sleep, Sleep, Little One, Sleep, Raindrops, Rock-a-Bye, Baby, and Hush, Little Baby. Titles in the Favorite Collections Series includes: Alphabet, Numbers & Counting, Farm Animals, Nursery Rhymes, Bedtime Songs, Bible Stories, The Early Reader Bible Stories Collection, My First New Testament Bible Stories and My First Old Testament Bible Stories.
