Publisher's Synopsis
Second in the Knot of Toads series of collective nouns beautifully illustrated along with haiku by poets, Alison Hackett and Arnie Yasinski. Haiku appeal to adults with their higher cognitive demand but, in reading them aloud children are drawn in to the deeper meanings that can be elicited from language and image. Imagine seeing owls in parliament, wolves in a pack (of cards) and a company of moles sitting around a board-room table. "A mom writes: "We counted all the syllables in the haiku as Phoebe [aged 7] read them this morning. Really brilliant."
