Picture book - “Dark Emperor & Other
Poems of the Night” by Joyce Sidman
This children’s book written by Joyce Sidman
contains a dozen of poems with amazing illustrations by Rick Allen that make a
strong impact on the reader. The poems are about things like nocturnal spiders,
crickets, bats, mushrooms, oak trees, great horned owls and woodland snails. The
first poem in the book is called “Welcome to the Night,” and it begins with;
“To all of you who crawl and creep,
Who buzz and chirp and hoot and peep,
Who wake at dusk and throw off sleep:
Welcome to the night.”
Each poem has a double page spread and they
all follow the same basic design of the left side containing the poem and a
small illustration and on the opposite page a large illustration with a small
column of factual information that relates to the specific poem.
This book would be ideal to be read to
younger children as they necessarily choose other styles of books and avoid
poetry. This can change once they have been introduced to various forms of
poetry by an adult and this particular book is great because it can provide a
creative and fascinating introduction to the world of nocturnal animals
throughout forests.
Kris Batsiokis
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