02345cam a2200433 i 4500 510275018 TxAuBib 20210901120000.0 071018s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2007038023 9781416942115 hardcover $16.99 1416942114 hardcover $16.99 TxAuBib rda Ruddell, Deborah. A Whiff of Pine, a Hint of Skunk : A Forest of Poems / Deborah Ruddell ; illustrated by Joan Rankin. 1st ed. New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster Children's Pub., 2009. [33] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "The text for this book is set in Filosofia"--Verso t.p. "The illustrations for this book are rendered in watercolor"--Verso t.p. Illustrations on lining papers. Eau de forest: a woodsy cologne -- Spring welcome -- Biography of a beaver -- The great snail race -- Woodpecker feud -- Ode to a salamander -- Dear badger, beloved -- Opossum's marsupial daydream -- A wild turkey comments on his portrait -- Moonlit raccoon -- Proposal for a squirrel spa -- Turtle beach -- How to recognize a green tiger beetle -- Toad's lunch -- A tree frog's lazy afternoon -- Nobody's pet -- October surprise party -- Chipmunks, Inc. -- The forest's royal family -- The night owl -- Coyote carolers -- Woodchuck's wake-up morning. Take a lighthearted romp through four seasons in the forest with these whimsical poems. "Ages 4-8"--Inside front dust-jacket. 20210901. Cat juv 20100212 gik. School Library Journal Best Books (2009); Kirkus Starred Review (15 January 2009); School Library Journal Starred Review (April 2009); A Junior Library Guild Selection. Nature Juvenile poetry. Seasons Juvenile poetry. Forest animals Juvenile poetry. Children's Poetry, American. American poetry. Picture books for children Juvenile poetry. Rankin, Joan. TXMAR