Byline: Nicholas A. Basbanes
Verses and imagery swirl and twirl through the early weeks of spring, a perfect way to take note of National Poetry Month, with other selections that pay tribute to the colorful creatures, plants and rituals of this glorious season of growth and renewal.
"Sky Sweeper," story by Phillis Gershator, pictures by Holly Meade (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $16, ages 8 to 12)
A boy named Takeboki finds a job as flower keeper at a Japanese temple, where ...