So Imagine Me: Nature Riddles in Poetry

by Lynn Davies, Chrissie Park-MacNeil (Illustrator)

Overview

From award-winning poet Lynn Davies comes her first collection for children. And there's a twist: each of the poems in So Imagine Me has a secret.

The lyrical and playful text describes something from nature—flora or fauna or another phenomenon—that's also hiding in the illustrations. Readers will puzzle over the words and pore over the detailed illustrations looking for clues. Some of the riddles might be easy, and some are definitely tricky. All of them will delight, entertain, and challenge, leaving readers of all ages with new facts to share and an urge to get out into nature to discover more mysteries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781771088671
Publisher:	Nimbus Publishing
Publication date:	08/04/2020
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	4 - 9 Years

About the Author

Lynn Davies is the author of three books of poetry. Her poems have been broadcast on CBC, translated into French and Spanish, and nominated for a Governor General's Award. Her stories and poems for children have appeared in many anthologies. She is the proud mother of two grown children, Josie-May and Patrick, and lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick, with her partner, Dave Macfarlane. So Imagine Me is her first book for children. Visit her at lynndavies.ca.

Chrissie Park-MacNeil is a self-taught artist who grew up in Gillams in rural Newfoundland. She and her family have been living in Fredericton, New Brunswick, for over twenty years. Her realistic, often whimsical paintings reach into the playful and childlike, with the intention of adding a bit of light and beauty to people's lives. This is Chrissie's third children's book.

Read an Excerpt

Which Way
You'll find me north
but snow never falls
on me. You've given
me many names.
For hundreds of years you've looked up
to my seven suns.

Only a giantess
with eyes like moons
and comets in her hair
could grab my long
handle and drink
from me. But what
my cup holds is
anybody's guess.

What am I?

Reading Group Guide

Which Way

You'll find me north

but snow never falls

on me. You've given

me many names.

For hundreds of years you've looked up

to my seven suns.


Only a giantess

with eyes like moons

and comets in her hair

could grab my long

handle and drink

from me. But what

my cup holds is

anybody's guess.


What am I?

Editorial Reviews

"This book is a wonderful challenge for young readers. Each of Davies's lyrical nature poems poses a riddle that offers clues both in the poems themselves as well as in Park-MacNeil's vibrant illustrations. What is particularly powerful is the way that Davies uses poetry to make readers think about the different ways we talk about the natural world. Some of the poems are definitely challenging, but this is a book the whole family can enjoy." —Globe and Mail (Toronto, ON)

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