Poetry 2 - The Reason for the Pelican

Title:  The Reason For the Pelican

Author: John Ciardi
Illustrator: Dominic Catalano
Publisher: Wordsong
Date: 1994
Age Range: All

Summary: Thirty-fifth anniversary edition of John Ciardi's first book of poetry for children, newly illustrated.

Strengths:
It's a hit or miss poetry book.  Some of the poems are interesting but others are
Concerns:

Some of the poems are a bit long in my opinion.  Kids will get bored easily ( I know I did) and become discouraged.  I also feel as if the poet is trying to hard to make this silly and fantastical.  Some of the poems come out a bit dark.