An Arkful of Animals

by William Cole

A collection of poems by famous poets featuring owls, elephants, and other familiar and fanciful creatures.

Genres: Poetry

96 pages, Paperback

First published October 30, 1978

About the author

William Rossa Cole (1919-2000) was best known as an editor and anthologist. He was editor or author (or co-editor or co-author) of about 75 books, 50 of them anthologies. Three of his books were honored by the ALA: I Went to the Animal Fair in 1958, Beastly Boys and Ghastly Girls in 1964, and The Birds and Beast Were There in 1965. He was an editor for Simon & Schuster and Viking, and a columnist for the Saturday Review. He died in summer 2000, at the age of 80.

Reviews

[Jordan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is okay it was just mostly about poems with animals in it . but if you like funny poetry books this is the book for you !!!!!!!

[Inhabiting Books]

A fun anthology of animal poems. But the illustrations make the book.