cover image Footprints on the Roof: Poems about the Earth

Footprints on the Roof: Poems about the Earth

Marilyn Singer. Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.95 (48pp) ISBN 978-0-375-81094-7

""Sometimes I'm in the mood for mud When my toes have tasted too many sidewalks. In the park or by the river I choose ooze,"" writes Marilyn Singer in ""Mud,"" one of several environmentally-themed offerings in Footprints on the Roof: Poems About the Earth. Meilo So's illustrations, rendered in India ink on rice paper, evoke the serene quality of Japanese silkscreen. (Apr.)