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Thistle
ALLi Author Member
Location: United States of America (the)
Genres: Other Poetry, Nature/Science, Children's general
Skills: Reading/Literary Event, Performance/Spoken Word
Imagine sitting outside watching the birds and animals play on a lazy, breezy, sunny afternoon. That’s what the author and illustrator Thistle did and came up with delightful true tales of animals in the backyard. Her debut book, "Under the Garden Gate" is a collection of ten original poems with colored pencil illustrations. It includes the amusing antics of nineteen little creatures who visited Thistle in her yard.
Thistle's training mainly comes from the amazing teachers of classes through community adult education programs. She uses the skills she's learned to bring poems about animals to life through drawing and song. All the poems/songs/illustrations are from real events in her yard. She hopes these stories inspire people to find wonder and joy in their own yards & lives.
Thistle's books
Under the Garden Gate: Delightful true tales of animals in the backyard.
Meet a nervous woodchuck, a misbehaving squirrel, a playful bunny, a mouse who will not stay out of the house and other backyard animals as they come into the yard, under the garden gate. Thistle uniquely captures the amusing antics of these little creatures in verse and colored pencil illustration in her debut book - "Under the Garden Gate".
“. . . The verses scan well, mostly fitting into a standard scansion and using common rhymes, easily understandable for emergent readers. Some vocabulary words (including louse, magnolia, and sauntered) may help readers stretch without ever losing sight of the subject of the poem. . . .” -Kirkus Reviews
These delightful poems are perfect for children and anyone with a love for animals and nature. They make wonderful bedtime treats, helping to spark the readers’ imagination of visitors to their own backyard.