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Going, Going, Gone Volume Two

Going, Going, Gone Volume Two

Going, Going, Gone Volume Two

Dawn Escoto

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Editorial:
Xlibris
Año de edición:
2005
Materia
Poesía
ISBN:
9781413429657
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This book contains a collection of 128 poems/verses, along with one skit, abouta variety of rare, threatened, endangered and extinct species of Africa and Europe.Over fifty of the mammals, birds, butterflies, reptiles, amphibians, and sea creaturesare illustrated. Through use of humor and pathos, as well as a variety of poeticstructures, the author will engage the young and not-so-young, as they discover theirrole in helping wildlife from these continents. You'll want to laugh with the hyena,cry with the quagga, and say "aye" to the aye-aye.These poems are best enjoyed when read aloud in an enthusiastic manner. If yourenthusiam takes the form of positive action, her primary objective will have beenaccomplished.

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