Children's Book and Media Review

Article Title

Stardines Swim High Across the Sky and Other Poems

Authors

Keywords

Excellent, Preschool, Primary, Intermediate, Jack Prelutsky, Carin Berger, Poetry, Imaginary Creatures, Picture Book

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Stardines Swim High Across the Sky is a charming anthology of short poems describing various imaginary creatures that are punny combinations of real animals with inanimate objects and quirky personality traits. Presented as discoveries from the author’s travels into “far-flung places,” this book introduces us to such delights as the jollyfish, “radiant, ebullient blobs of mirth,” the fountain lion, “the only lions no one dreads,” and the titular stardines, that “illuminate the darkest nights,” along with thirteen other creatures in short verse form.

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

(2015) "Stardines Swim High Across the Sky and Other Poems," Children's Book and Media Review: Vol. 36: Iss. 2, Article 11.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cbmr/vol36/iss2/11