The Nest That Wren Built by Randi Sonenshine, Anne Hunter Beetles Bugs and Butterflies Portland State University

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I Was Sleeping Where the Black Oaks Move

Distinguished author Jane Yolen has created a gentle

Songs of praise

-- The Horn Book

The Nest That Wren Built by Randi Sonenshine, Anne Hunter Beetles Bugs and Butterflies Portland State UniversityNature lovers and poetry fans alike will be drawn to this lyrical picture book depicting how Carolina wrens build a nest for their young. This is the bark, snippets of twine,spidery rootlets, and needles of pinethat shape the nest that Wren built. In the rhyming style of The House That Jack Built, this poem about the care and specificity that Carolina wrens put into building a nest is at once tender and true to life. Papa and Mama Wren gather