• ISBN13: 9780618717194
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Publisher Imprint: Houghton Mifflin
• Publication Date: January 1, 2010
• Pages: 40
• Original Price: USD 17.99
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 477 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Poetry / General, Science & Nature / Biology, and Animals / Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures

From the creators of the Caldecott Honor Book Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems comes a celebration of ubiquitous life forms among us. Newbery Honor-winning poet Joyce Sidman presents another unusual blend of fine poetry and fascinating science illustrated in exquisite hand-colored linocuts by Caldecott Honor artist Beckie Prange.

Ubiquitous (yoo-bik-wi-tuhs): Something that is (or seems to be) everywhere at the same time.

Why is the beetle, born 265 million years ago, still with us today? (Because its wings mutated and hardened). How did the gecko survive 160 million years? (By becoming nocturnal and developing sticky toe pads.) How did the shark and the crow and the tiny ant survive millions and millions of years? When 99 percent of all life forms on earth have become extinct, why do some survive? And survive not just in one place, but in many places: in deserts, in ice, in lakes and puddles, inside houses and forest and farmland? Just how do they become ubiquitous?

Prange, Beckie: -

Beckie Prange lives in Ely, Minnesota. Her first book received a Caldecott Honor.

Sidman, Joyce: -

The Newbery Honor winner and Sibert Medalist Joyce Sidman is today's foremost nature poet for children. Accolades for her books include two Caldecott Honors, the Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, the Claudia Lewis Award, and many stars and best books lists. For her award-winning body of work, she won the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. She lives in Wayzata, Minnesota. Visit joycesidman.com