Orangutanka

By Margarita Engle

Subjects: Waka, Families, Naps (Sleep), Fiction, Children's fiction, Familial behavior in animals, Juvenile fiction, Orangutans, Apes, fiction, Family life

Description: All the orangutans are ready for a nap in the sleepy depths of the afternoon--all except one. Written in a series of linked poems in the tanka style, an ancient Japanese form of poetry.