Going, Going, Gone Volume III

About the Book

This book contains poems about animals from Asia, Australia, and Oceania, which are extinct, rare, endangered, or threatened. The text includes sections on mammals; amphibians, reptiles, and sea creatures; birds andbutterflies. The book concludes with a special section of exquisite poems on honeyeaters and honeycreepers from several Hawaiian islands. Just as the poems are suited to various reading levels, so also the artwork reflects artists of varying ages and abilities, from an eleven-year-old amateur to a retired professional. Through a variety of styles, the author engages the mind, emotions, and will of the reader, enabling him/her to see the world through the eyes of an Indian Python, Japanese Crane, Indian Rhino, Horseshoe Crab, or Long-Beaked Echidna, plus many more of your favorite creatures. As you read these aloud, consider what you can do to save the life of one species before it is gone forever.

About the Author

The author resides in Michigan where she is a middle-school teacher of world languages. Numerous trips abroad have enhanced her writing and teaching. She has written collections for youth; numerous limericks; romantic poems on orchids, cacti, and other flowers; tributes to various people and events; hymns and praise choruses. This volume follows volume one, on animals from the Western Hemisphere, and volume two, featuring species from Africa and Europe. She was fascinated with the mammals and birds from Australia and environs and found herself falling in love with the lovely honeycreepers of the Hawaiian islands, whose habitat has been disturbed, almost beyond repair. As she finds herself looking for solutions--miraculous or mundane--to the plight of many creatures, she hopes that you will be inspired to do the same.