Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow By Joyce Sidman

I found this poem book to be very enjoyable because the poems were all nature themed. I thought that it was very clever the way each poem was set up as a “guessing game.” Each page has a spread that included two poems and each poem asked the question, “What am I?” These questions were answered on the next spread of pages. I thought that the information about each insect, animal, or part of nature was well written. My attention was captured by the bring colors and the detailed illustrations. I found that the nature was drawn differently then other picture books because it appears to be a lithograph sketch design. I think that this book has a lot of information and the words are fairly difficult for primary grade students. I would recommend this poem book to be used in third grade classrooms. I enjoyed how there was not a poem on each page, instead every other page, making this book unique.