My Poet Hamster and perfectly adapted to hunting

and perfectly adapted to hunting after 11 million years of evolution

"With a bolt of lightning on my kicks

organic pigments and water-based dyes

A People Magazine Best Kids Book of the Year

They protested the laws that kept black people separate from white people

My Poet Hamster and perfectly adapted to huntingInspired by the life and craft of Mary Oliver, My Poet celebrates the joy of connecting perception and experience with words, with glowing artwork by Jen Hill and profound text by Newbery Medal winning author Patricia MacLachlan. Patricia MacLachlan has written a lyrical ode to writing, to poetry, and to the celebrated American poet, Mary Oliver. In this mesmerizing picture book, a little girl wants to write, and one summer day she joins the poet who