Written by Laura Purdie Salas
Illustrated by Mercè López
Publisher: Millbrook Press, 2019
ISBN: 978-1512498097 32 pages
Lion of the Sky encourages young reader to look closely at the world around them and think creatively. Get caught up in a copy today!
Laura Purdie Salas is one of children’s literature’s most prolific and inventive poets, and her newest book, Lion of the Sky: Haiku for All Seasons, is a sheer delight. If you work with children in any way or find yourself reading to them, be sure to have a copy on hand to celebrate National Poetry Month.
Lion of the Sky is a delightfully inventive take on a timeless subject.
Readers will have fun trying to solve each of the clever “riddle-kus,” combinations of a riddle, haiku, and mask poem in which something nonhuman narrates or speaks, in Laura Purdie Salas’ collection of seasonal poems.
The subjects described are familiar but lifted to wondrous.
Get three of Laura's favorite poetry activities when you subscribe to "Small Reads."