Ken Nutt
Ken Eric Nutt (born November 29, 1951), who uses the pen name Eric Beddows, is a Canadian artist and illustrator of children's books. His pseudonym combines his middle name with his mother's maiden name. He has used it for his illustrative work since 1986 to distinguish it from his work as an artist. Beddows was born in Woodstock, Ontario and studied fine arts at York University from 1970 to 1972. He moved to Stratford, Ontario and worked various jobs at a gallery there. His art has been shown at Gallery Stratford, the Woodstock Art Gallery and the Art Gallery of Windsor. Awards and honors In 1992, Beddows was nominated for IBBY's Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustrator. Publications * ''Zoom at Sea'', text by Tim Wynne-Jones (1983) * ''Zoom Away'', text by Tim Wynne-Jones (1985) * ''The Emperor's Panda'', text by David Day (1986) * ''The Cave of Snores'', text by Dennis Haseley (1987) * '' Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices'', poetry by Paul Fleischman (1988 ...
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Poems For Two Voices
Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, a prosaic ostensible meaning. A poem is a literary composition, written by a poet, using this principle. Poetry has a long and varied history, evolving differentially across the globe. It dates back at least to prehistoric times with hunting poetry in Africa and to panegyric and elegiac court poetry of the empires of the Nile, Niger, and Volta River valleys. Some of the earliest written poetry in Africa occurs among the Pyramid Texts written during the 25th century BCE. The earliest surviving Western Asian epic poetry, the ''Epic of Gilgamesh'', was written in Sumerian. Early poems in the Eurasian continent evolved from folk songs such as the Chinese ''Shijing'', as well as religious hymns (the Sanskrit ''R ...
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