Color Me a Rhyme Nature Poems for Young People

What colors do you see in nature - the green of a fern, the brown of a desert, the gray of a lifeless tree? Look closer. You'll find more than meets the eye. Is that a white flower, or a star that fell in the forest? Is that an orange sunset, or a piece of fruit that's ripe for eating? Is that a blue sky, or the slate on which a bird writes? In thirteen memorable poems, Jane Yolen takes you on a whimsical journey through Mother Nature's glorious landscape. Using Jason Stemple's dazzling photographs as a backdrop, Ms. Yolen paints her own vivid pictures that are both real and imagined.

Jane Yolen, who is the author of more than two hundred books for young readers and adults, has received awards for her body of work from the University of Minnesota and the Catholic Library Association, among other groups. Ms. Yolen lives in St. Andrews, Scotland, and Hatfield, Massachusetts Jason Stemple is a free-lance photographer based in Charleston, South Carolina. He provided the photographs for Horizons, Wild Wings, Once Upon Ice, Water Music, and Snow, Snow -- all poetry books for young readers written by his mother, Jane Yolen. His photos have appeared in numerous textbooks and magazines