New, First Edition Hardcover with dust jacket. Publisher: Dutton Children's Books in 1998, 32 pages, 9 x 11.
Spectacularly rich illustrations throughout, the photo here doesn't do it justice, drawn by Melissa Bay Mathis.

This picture book for preschoolers, based on acclaimed singer-songwriter Sally Rogers' popular song Over in the Endangered Meadow, offers a host of pleasures. Its rhyming text, which revolves around dialogue between parents and their offspring, both human and animal, can be read aloud and also sung to the traditional tune Over in the Meadow by Olive Wadsworth.

As the words continue, the book becomes a glimpse of animal families and a counting vehicle wrapped into one. In addition to the right whale, ten other endangered animals are named: panda bear, Bengal tiger, Asiatic lion, black-footed ferret, sun conure, Gila monster, leatherback turtle, gray wolf, American crocodile, and Indian python. For each animal, there is also a paragraph of additional information at the end of the book for you and your child to share.

Adults and children will enjoy how the warmly stylized art brings all the animals into a quilt that symbolizes the unity of everything on Earth.

"Fin, fur, and feather and the human race Must share Mother Earth as she spins through space. 'Share!' said my grandpa. Please share this place! And we'll care for Mother Earth as she spins through space."

WEIGHT: 1.00 POUNDS