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* 2020 Animal Behavior Society’s Children's Book Award Finalist
* 2019 EUREKA! Honor Award
This beautifully illustrated book pairs poetry with nonfiction, telling the fascinating stories of the animals who have found homes in our city landscapes across the world, from the pythons traveling Singapore's sewers to the monkeys living in India's temples.
Humans may have built towns and cities, but we aren’t the only ones who live in them. Given the smallest chance—a park, a garden, a window box; a basement, a subway tunnel, a bridge—wildlife manages to survive in the city.
Among colorful illustrated pages buzzing with city life and animal activity, you'll discover the host of wild animals who live among humans: butterflies, bats, spiders, honeybees, coyotes, and more. Each animal’s story is told through a short poem accompanied by an informational paragraph. Some poems are comical, some poignant, and all make the reader see the world in a different way.
After a rousing exploration of animal life, find definitions of the various types of poetry forms used in the book: haiku, cinquain, sonnet, terza rima, villanelle, triolet, reverso, acrostic, and free verse.
Look around—you may discover neighbors you didn't know you had!
Marilyn Singer is a multi-award-winning children’s author who has written many books, spanning poetry, picture books, fiction, and non-fiction. Her awards include the 2015 NCTE Award for Excellence in poetry, the Cybil Award for Poetry 2011, and several Children’s Choice and Parents’ Choice Awards, among others. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
p. 5 Introduction
p. 6 Coyotes: Chicago, Illinois, USA
p. 8 Mosquitos and Mexican Free-tailed Bats: Austin, Texas, USA
p. 10 White Storks: Munster, France
p. 12 Bush-tailed possums: Sydney, Australia
p. 14 Reticulated Pythons: Singapore
p. 16 Huntsman Spiders: Cape Town, South Africa
p. 18 Rhesus Monkeys: New Delhi, India
p. 20 Water Monitors: Bangkok, Thailand
p. 22 River Crabs: Rome, Italy
p. 24 Brazilian Agoutis: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
p. 26 Honeybee: Vancouver, Canada
p. 28 Monarch Butterflies: Pacific Grove, California
p. 30 Wild Boars: Berlin, Germany
p. 32 Hyenas: Harar, Ethiopia
p. 34 Mientien Tree Frogs: Taipei, Taiwan
p. 36 Badgers: Swindon, England
p. 38 Sika Deer: Nara, Tokyo
p. 40 Peregrine Falcons: New York City, New York, USA
p. 42 Pigeons: Everywhere
p. 44 Poetry Forms
p. 46 Author's Note
p. 47 Glossary
p. 48 Further Reading“An excellent tool for classrooms exploring poetic forms, animal science, or both”
—Booklist"An excellent option for poetry and animal nonfiction collections."—School Library Journal
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