Outdoor Literacy

Nest, Nook, & Cranny Trail

Posted by on Sep 29, 2010 in Children's Book Illustration, Kinetic Literacy, Launch Party, Outdoor Literacy, StoryWalk | Comments Off on Nest, Nook, & Cranny Trail

Nest, Nook, & Cranny is a book for all ages featuring tongue-in-cheek sonnets and lyrical free verse by poet, Susan Blackaby.  The collection of poems explores the many kinds of homes animals make for themselves. Readers experience different habitats–desert, grasslands, shoreline, wetland, and woodland–and the animals that call them home.     “As a writer, I’m often asked where I get my ideas, and I usually say that I poke my nose out the front door. I suggest you do the same,” says author Susan Blackaby, “If you stay on the lookout for quirky, curious, and...

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