Song of the water boatman
Subtitle: & other pond poems
By: written by Joyce Sidman ; illustrated by Beckie Prange
Contributors: Prange, Beckie, ill
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780618135479
Subjects: Ponds; Pond animals; American poetry; Juvenile poetry; Pond plants; Poetry; Children's poetry, American
Description: A collection of poems that provide a look at some of the animals, insects, and plants that are found in ponds, with accompanying information about each.
Notes: Caldecott Honor Book, 2006.

Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12, 2006
Table of contents: title: Listen for me; title: Spring peepers; title: Spring splashdown; title: Wood duck; title: Diving beetle's food-sharing rules; title: Great diving beetle; title: Fly, dragonfly!; title: Green darner; title: In the depths of the summer pond; title: Food chain; title: A small green riddle; title: Duckweed; title: Aquatic fashion; title: Caddis fly; title: Song of the water boatman and backswimmer's refrain; title: Water boatman, backswimmer; title: Travel time; title: Water bear; title: The season's campaign; title: Cattails; title: Into the mud; title: Painted turtle.