Animal Quackers

About the Book

The poems by Dick Maltzman in Animal Quackers are about amoeba, ants, dinosaurs, fish, birds, turtles, bunnies, giraffes, elephants, a vegetarian lion, and just about everything in between. Laugh if you want—the author certainly wants you to— that is the purpose of this collection. Whimsically illustrated by Jean Ann Smith; this charming poetry is designed to entertain a lot and teach a little.

Encounter an amoeba named Fred who first decided to keep his extra cells when they came around, a lion named Darian who decides he doesn’t like meat, Tommy the Turtle who’s on a house-hunting expedition, an army of very smart ants, and a very inventive little bunny named George.

Animal Quackers is for kids of all ages. You’ll even meet T-Rex and a sabertooth tiger, and maybe you’ll even like them!

About the Author

Dick Maltzman has been writing poetry since he learned to write. His love of animals, large and small, is obvious from his poems. He waxes poetically about everything from amoeba to dinosaurs, vegetarian lions to inventive bunnies and everything in between. He resides in Palo Alto, California.

Jean Ann Smith, who illustrated the poems in this book, lives in Berkeley, California, with her three dogs and one really annoying cockatoo. She has been drawing pictures all her life, all over everything, including clothing, walls and homework.