Twosomes
Authors: Marilyn Singer
To Debbie and Jerry, a great twosome.
And thanks to Steve Aronson; Kristine O’Connell George; my editor, Janet Schulman, and the other good folks at Random House; and, especially, Pat Lewis, for his inspiration.
—M.S.
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Text copyright © 2011 by Marilyn Singer
Illustrations copyright © 2011 by Lee Wildish
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Singer, Marilyn.
Twosomes : love poems from the animal kingdom / by Marilyn Singer; illustrations by Lee Wildish.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-0-375-98602-4 — ISBN 978-0-375-86710-1 (trade) — ISBN 978-0-375-96710-8 (lib. bdg.)
1. Animals—Juvenile poetry. 2. Love—Juvenile poetry. 3. Children’s poetry, American.
I. Wildish, Lee. II. Title.
v3.1
Good morning! How the nighttime flew!
Now, may I hang around with you?
Nice to meetcha! You smell delish!
Wanna share my water dish?
A sunny day. It’s perfect weather
to go outside—and nap together.
Nose to nose, hip to hip,
ours is a stable relationship.
It’s
a-corny
thing, but also true—
I like how you scamper. I’m nuts about you!
Hugging you takes some practice.
So I’ll start out with a cactus.
You and I could be a team,
if we agree on color scheme.
You dazzle me in bright sunlight—
and that’s the truth in black and white.
I like your tusks, I like your trunk.