Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman
Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night: The strange country of the night
Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman, a 2011 Newbery Honor-award winning poetry volume for children, combines factual prose with soaring poetry to demonstrate to young readers that the night is a strange and wondrous place. Long after the reader has gone to bed, a new world of animals creeps out into the woods to eat, play, and grow. Some of these creatures are terrifying; some of these creatures are timid. But what is most impressive about Sidman's work is the way that she grounds even her most fanciful poetry in facts about the animal's biology and actual living habits.
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