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backonthealex's review against another edition
4.0
I keep returning to David Elliott's books about nature over and over again. From On the Farm, In the Wild, and In the Sea, my young readers learned about nature and poetry together. Now they can do the same with On the Wing. In this collection of 16 poems, Elliot celebrates a wide variety of birds. The poems range from playful to serious, but all catch the essence of each individual birds. Pair this with Elliott's other books to give young readers a nice rounded poetic picture of nature and its beauty in our world. Stadtlander's beautiful realistic gouache illustrations place each bird in to natural habitat, and extend the poetic mood. With only two exceptions, each bird/poem pairing is spread over a double page. Kids are sure to develop a beginning appreciation for the avian world after reading On the Wing.
absentminded_reader's review against another edition
2.0
This book didn’t hit me right. The art and text weren’t bad, but they didn’t soar either. It’s probably not the book’s fault at all. I was in the mood for something whimsical, and this book was simply not, though the prose did have a merry lilt to it. This would be a great book for an early grade schooler to do a book report on. So many birds!
thompson3's review against another edition
3.0
"On the Wing" is a beautifully illustrated book of poetry about birds of all sorts. From simple poems such as Macaw, "Who spilled the paint?" to longer poems -- The Wandering Albatross, " ...guiding the untethered souls of lost sailors home through the winds of the measureless sky," the lyrical language flows throughout the pages of this beautiful book of poetry. Housed in the Dewey 811s this book may be difficult to find. However, it is well worth the finding, reading, and sharing.
pleiades's review
4.0
I love a children's book where the audience is enraptured from the very beginning. Eyes are wide and they just want to take it all in. The poems, in their simplicity, seemed to capture the essence of each of these birds.
So refreshing.
So refreshing.