Nature poems for New Zealand children / written and illustrated by Christina G Ferens.

Poems for children.

Down to the sea -- The seagull -- Castle in the sand -- The Kingfisher -- Nature's helicopter -- Birds in my garden -- Springtime -- The silvereye -- The thrush's nest -- The lambs -- The shining cuckoo -- The pigeon -- The calves -- The California quail -- Mare and foal -- The Paradise shelducks -- The rainbow -- The goldfinch -- The hare -- The fantail -- The Ringed turtle dove -- The Monarch butterfly -- Curiosity -- The Rosellas -- The ladybird.

"Twenty-five poems with Nature as their theme serve to deepen children's awareness and knowledge of the outdoor world - of birdlife and butterfly, of lamb and foal, of dragonfly and rainbow"--Back cover.