"Little Robin Redbreast" by Tamara Martin is a delightful story, the second in a series of illustration poems, about the most important day in the life of Little Robin Redbreast. It is the day when he learns to fly. It is a story, in poetic form, about a mother who teaches her little one to be strong and independent. Little Robin Redbreast is very unsure and uncertain but with the encouragement and loving support from his mother, he spreads his wings and prepares to fly. All the animals in the forest wait and watch for the big event. They gather beneath the branch and join together to...

"Butterfly and Friends" by Tamara Martin, is the third book in her series of illustrated poems. This is a delightful story about a little Butterfly who has just lost his best friends. Ant and Flea walk by and see the sad Butterfly on bended knee. Butterfly is so sad that he tells Ant and Flea he has lost his will to live and has even lost his flair. In desperation Ant and Flea quickly explain that friends may go but they will be back in a short time. Relieved with this explanation Butterfly takes to the air fluttering his wings with delight and exaltation. The moral is that friends may go but...