After you read Stay a While with a Reptile you'll never look at an old purse, a shoestring or an earring that lost its partner the same way again.The opportunities for 'recycle-art' are unlimited. Stay a While with a Reptile celebrates the diversity of the species. What a great way to increase a reader's awareness of how different types of reptiles can be. Each reptile has its own poem and art and personna. And just like people they are all so varied. What unique art! The artists, Jenifer Borg and Vicky Tavernier used materials they had laying around in their homes They did buy the canvases and glue but that's about it. See how many materials you can name. Are you intrigued? Jenifer and Vicky hope this inspires you to create your own 3-D works or art with 'found' objects or trash around your house. The poems percolated themselves. Vicky Tavernier researched and connected to each reptile type until the poems basically wrote themselves (with Jenifer's astute guidance). Can you hear these reptiles talking to you? Look for the other books in their series: Words About Birds, Insights About Insects and What Hides in the Tides. They're equally whimsical. Read less