One of the great pleasures of reading and writing poetry is hearing how words sound together. “Calico Pie” takes readers to the “syllabub sea,” and the other 22 poems in this volume similarly showcase rhyme, creative word choice, ...
Calico Pie Calico Pie, The little Birds fly Down to the calico tree, Their wings were blue, And they sang “Tilly-loo!” Till away they flew, – And they never came back to me! They never came back! They never came back!
The books' attractive illustrations, photographs, captions, and labels support the reading process, and the accessible texts use vocabulary familiar to young readers.