{"id":1043,"date":"2021-03-29T06:50:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T13:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/?p=1043"},"modified":"2021-03-28T16:59:32","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T23:59:32","slug":"spi-ku-a-clutter-of-short-verse-on-eight-legs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/spi-ku-a-clutter-of-short-verse-on-eight-legs\/","title":{"rendered":"Spi-ku: A Clutter of Short Verse on Eight Legs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Right in time for National Poetry Month (April), at Growing With Science<\/a> we have Spi-ku: A Clutter of Short Verse on Eight Legs<\/em> by Leslie Bulion and illustrated by Robert Meganck.<\/p>\n

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Author Leslie Bulion has a subtly playful approach to spiders.<\/p>\n

All spiders are arachnids
\nBut some arachnids
\nmite<\/strong> not be spiders.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you like that kind of word play, you are in for a real treat.<\/p>\n

Illustrator Robert Meganck also has a subtle sense of humor. For example, in the front endpapers he shows a fly near a spider web. The back endpapers shows the same spider with a small webbed up package. He leaves it up to the reader to figure out what happened to the fly.<\/p>\n

Intermingled between poems of different forms — in spite of the title, not all are haiku — is detailed information about spiders, from what they eat to how they build webs. If the text isn’t enough, there’s extensive back matter as well.<\/p>\n

Spi-ku<\/em> is perfect for budding arachnologists and poets alike. Readers are likely to find something new every time they read the book. Investigate a copy today!<\/p>\n

And crawl over to Growing with Science blog<\/a> for more information and activity suggestions.<\/p>\n

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Copyright \u00a9 2021 Roberta Gibson<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n

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Right in time for National Poetry Month (April), at Growing With Science we have Spi-ku: A Clutter of Short Verse on Eight Legs by Leslie Bulion and illustrated by Robert Meganck.   Author Leslie Bulion has a subtly playful approach to spiders. All spiders are arachnids But some arachnids mite not be spiders. If you … <\/p>\n

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