Poems from a wide variety of authors: John Gardner, Hiro Sato, William Blake, John Bierhors, Eilzabeth Barrett Browing, Sir Richard Burton, Deborah Chandra, Marchette Chutse, Eleanor Farjeon, Paul Fleishman, Tony Johnston, X. J. Kennedy, Karla Kuskin, Myra Cohn Livingston, Anne McCaffrey, Gerald McDermott, Penelope Scambly Schott, Jeanne Steig, James Stephens, Arnold Sundgaard, Nancy Van Laan. Illustrated by Eric Carle color artwork. A companion volume to Animals Animals. In this book, Carle celebrates mythology and legends from around the world and breathes life into the creatures that inhabit them. Delightful collection of poems by noted writers which humorously describe all sorts of magical creatures. Each poem is surround by a brilliant color illustration by Carle. Book is indexed by poet and creature with a glossary of the mythological animals, too. Beautiful double page Chinese dragon fold out in centre.