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Voices from the Wild: An Animal Sensagoria
A collection of poems features wild animals and the senses they rely upon for survival
72 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1, 1996
About the author
David Bouchard
79 books38 followersCanadian Métis author and literacy advocate David Bouchard has produced more than fifty books for readers of all ages, including two guides on reading for parents and educators.
An erstwhile teacher and school principal, he is particularly concerned with Aboriginal-related issues and is a sought-after speaker for conference keynotes and school presentations and on topics of reading, literacy and aboriginal well-being.
David Bouchard's books have won numerous awards, including a Special Mention for Non-Fiction in the 2010 Bologna Ragazzi Awards for The Drum Calls Softly, a Gold Medal in the 2008 Moonbeam Award for I am Raven, the 2004 Governor General's Award for The Song Within My Heart, the 1999 Red Cedar Award for The Great Race and the 1997 Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award for Voices from the Wild. An Aboriginal Carol was included in the 2008 White Ravens Catalogue.
In April 2009, Bouchard was named as a Member of the Order of Canada "for his contributions as an author of children’s books and an advocate who has championed the cause of reading and writing, and who has shared his pride as a member of the Métis community through his stories."
David lives in Victoria, British Columbia, with his wife Vicki and their daughter Victoria.
-taken from the author's website
An erstwhile teacher and school principal, he is particularly concerned with Aboriginal-related issues and is a sought-after speaker for conference keynotes and school presentations and on topics of reading, literacy and aboriginal well-being.
David Bouchard's books have won numerous awards, including a Special Mention for Non-Fiction in the 2010 Bologna Ragazzi Awards for The Drum Calls Softly, a Gold Medal in the 2008 Moonbeam Award for I am Raven, the 2004 Governor General's Award for The Song Within My Heart, the 1999 Red Cedar Award for The Great Race and the 1997 Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award for Voices from the Wild. An Aboriginal Carol was included in the 2008 White Ravens Catalogue.
In April 2009, Bouchard was named as a Member of the Order of Canada "for his contributions as an author of children’s books and an advocate who has championed the cause of reading and writing, and who has shared his pride as a member of the Métis community through his stories."
David lives in Victoria, British Columbia, with his wife Vicki and their daughter Victoria.
-taken from the author's website
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August 4, 2015
Realistic paintings combined with lyrical verse bring to life twenty-five animals from around the world. Exploring each creatures highly unique sense of sight, smell, touch, hearing and taste, this gorgeous book can be shared with young readers and enjoyed by animal lovers ages of all ages.
August 3, 2022
The artwork on the cover of this book is no joke and is one of the main reasons why I recommended that the library ordered this book for its collection.
Voices From the Wild takes a new approach to exploring the world of nature via the senses that animals have. As a result each sense is provided with five different species putting forth their own arguments as to why they should be known for being the one with that sense the best. And after each section there is a small part that explores how we as humans have lost out on those "powers". Then the book finishes by combining the human parts into a poem.
The writing for the book is not the best that it could be. Each written portion is given as a poem and to me it didn't seem there was much of a flow. As a result it did come across a bit as a dull read at least to me. Although I did like the information in the back that provided more information on naming the animal and giving a bit more information on them.
To me, though, what made the book were Ron Parker's illustrations. Brightly colored, richly detailed and really lifelike the reader will just want to use the book as a coffee table book just for to share this artwork. These pieces are either done where they take up the whole page with the name of the animal on the side or as a full page spread. And unfortunately like many books that like to use sometimes full spreads there were a few illustrations that got caught int the binding of the book such as the fox.
All in all this is most definitely a great book to add to your art shelf and get you introduced to Ron Parker's style if you haven't already been.
Voices From the Wild takes a new approach to exploring the world of nature via the senses that animals have. As a result each sense is provided with five different species putting forth their own arguments as to why they should be known for being the one with that sense the best. And after each section there is a small part that explores how we as humans have lost out on those "powers". Then the book finishes by combining the human parts into a poem.
The writing for the book is not the best that it could be. Each written portion is given as a poem and to me it didn't seem there was much of a flow. As a result it did come across a bit as a dull read at least to me. Although I did like the information in the back that provided more information on naming the animal and giving a bit more information on them.
To me, though, what made the book were Ron Parker's illustrations. Brightly colored, richly detailed and really lifelike the reader will just want to use the book as a coffee table book just for to share this artwork. These pieces are either done where they take up the whole page with the name of the animal on the side or as a full page spread. And unfortunately like many books that like to use sometimes full spreads there were a few illustrations that got caught int the binding of the book such as the fox.
All in all this is most definitely a great book to add to your art shelf and get you introduced to Ron Parker's style if you haven't already been.
May 24, 2023
The poetries about 26 animals with sight, hearing, touch and smell theme (four senses) the stunning illustration of each animals are also included, as for the poetries it is quite direct and I like it but it could be more, the author also included the further facts of all animal on the very end of the book!
October 18, 2008
Poetry. CIP Summary: "A collection of poems, each one focusing on an animal in the wild and the sense (sight, smell, touch, hearing, or taste) most important to its survival."
This was a great way to present factual information in a fun, poetic form. The illustrations were ok. I thought it would be a great book to show children how they can use their senses to make their writing more descriptive. More appropriate for third graders and up.
This was a great way to present factual information in a fun, poetic form. The illustrations were ok. I thought it would be a great book to show children how they can use their senses to make their writing more descriptive. More appropriate for third graders and up.
December 10, 2014
Realistic paintings combined with lyrical verse bring to life twenty-five animals from around the world. Exploring each creatures highly unique sense of sight, smell, touch, hearing and taste, this gorgeous book can be shared with young readers and enjoyed by animal lovers ages of all ages.
September 20, 2008
Book of poetry invoking the five senses...through an animals senses..
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