Water Planet

A poetry collection about water arranged in two parts. The poems in Part One (Water Songs) are humorous & rhythmic as in "H20": "The recipe/ for water is/ the same as/ it's always been/ two parts/ hydrogen/ one part/ oxygen." These playful poems will encourage young readers to wade into Part Two (Deeper Water) which includes "A Writing Kind of Day": "Each word hits the page/ like a drop in a puddle/ & starts off a tiny circle/ of trembling feeling/ that expands from the source/ & slowly fades away..." Essential collection for teachers doing theme units on water or the water cycle. "Ralph Fletcher's WATER PLANET, like water itself, refreshes & leaves the reader into new ways of feeling & looking. These poems rescue the young from drowning in the sea of mediocre verse, the false metaphors & tired cliches which threaten to become the standard of our time. This is an important collection with its variety of forms & felicitous images." (Myra Cohn Livingston) To order, write to : Arrowhead Books, 3 Gerrish Drive, Durham, NH 03824. Or call 603-868-7145.Fletcher, Ralph J. is the author of 'Water Planet', published 1991 under ISBN 9780962823855 and ISBN 0962823856.