This attractive collection features thirty poems written in a form of haiku and beautifully illustrated in dramatic watercolor. The beauty of haiku is the poet's ability to use descriptive language to convey poignant experiences in a few syllables. Haiku in English is most often written as three lines. Tradition calls for seventeen syllables, divided into three phrases that include five, seven, and five sounds. In this book, the author presents the four seasons and uses the delicate simplicity of poetry to capture ways in which children, like writers of haiku, are inspired by elements of...

Remember when your parents tried and tried to get you to eat your vegetables? Yuck Remember how hard it was to try just a taste of peas or squash or green beans? In this amusing story, you'll meet Devin, whose facial expressions clearly tell you how much he HATES his vegetables But wait His little brother seems to LOVE vegetables Maybe Devin will eventually learn to enjoy vegetables, especially when he learns how nutritious they are