*I am going to a very important T-Ball game tonight and don't have the time to get a full book review up and ready for the Friday56 LinkUp before we leave so I'm breaking with my usual combo review/link. Instead here is a quick look at a new favorite children's book, Goldfinches by Mary Oliver and Melissa Sweet.
Mary Oliver, a favorite poet, is known for her poems about nature. In this poem she focuses on the small goldfinches which arrive en masse in her area when the thistle down is ready for use by the birds in midsummer.
Melissa Stewart is a celebrated illustrator and author of children's books. She wrote and illustrated another favorite of mine, The Story of E.B. White.
"Goldfinches" the poem was originally published in Poetry magazine in 1992 and in a volume of White Pines by Oliver in 1994.
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| First page of the poem. |
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| Last line of the poem. Ever felt that way? I have. |
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| The educational piece. |
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