FICTION

Twosomes

Love Poems from the Animal Kingdom
by Marilyn SINGER
978-0-37586-710-1.
COPY ISBN
Gr 1—4—Each of the 15 poems in this sweet little book is just two lines long. A typical example is "Porcupines": "Hugging you takes some practice./So I'll start out with a cactus." The color picture shows a wide-eyed creature with his arms around a tall and thorny cactus. The humor is sometimes quiet, sometimes silly, and often stems from puns. The smooth writing is simple (in a good sense) and accessible. The color cartoon illustrations, while not distinctive, are engaging nevertheless. Larger collections may want to add this title for next year's Valentine's Day display.—Lauralyn Persson, Wilmette Public Library, IL
"Horses: Nose to nose, hip to hip, / ours is a stable relationship." In this petite gift book, couplets describing various animals in love use corny (but funny) puns as unabashedly as the critters declare their devotion; bats hang around together, earthworms dig each other, etc. Clear, cartoony illustrations have an appropriately Valentine card–esque appearance.
Reviewed by Lauralyn Persson , Apr 01, 2011

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