Poems for Small Friends

by Gyo Fujikawa

A collection of poems, including "Berry Picking," "The Truth About Dogs," "Conversation with a Kite," and "My Travel Tree."

Genres: Poetry

32 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1989

About the author

Gyo Fujikawa was an American illustrator and children's book author. A prolific creator of more than 50 books for children, her work is regularly in reprint and has been translated into 17 languages and published in 22 countries. Her most popular books, Babies and Baby Animals, have sold over 1.7 million copies in the U.S. Fujikawa is recognized for being the earliest mainstream illustrator of picture books to include children of many races in her work, before it was politically correct to do so.

-Wikipedia

Reviews

[Ashley B. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a cute book. There were poems about mornings, nights, playing in the snow, playing dress up, picking strawberries, the list goes on. They were illustrated nicely and any child would like to listen to them. The poems are short, but they hold a lot of information and encourage the reader to do what the kids are doing. The poem about a dancing girl made me want to get up and dance. The poem about picking strawberries made me hungry. I liked reading the poems within this story and the drawing were adorable. My favorite poem was "My Travel Tree", it just made me feel good.

[Kristin Fisher · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a great poetry book for younger children, as the poems all have little children in them and the poems are about things that little children enjoy. Children will be able to make connections from the poems to their own lives or their friends around them.