Despite his friends' support, Mo is sad about being the only white peacock in a colorful jungle until the night of the big dance, when he discovers that being different can feel great.

"A touching and profound tale of friendship, differences, and acceptance from renowned Estonian children's author and illustrator Piret Raud. On the sandy shore of a big sea lived a bird named Ellie who had no voice. Everything else has a voice, Ellie thought sadly. The trees rustle. The waves crash. Even the rain sings when it falls. I'm the only one who can't make a sound. Ellie felt tears well up in her eyes--that's how sad she was to be voiceless....

It has often been said that love, both sacred and profane, is the only true subject of the lyric poem. Nothing better justifies this claim than the splendid poems in this volume, which range from the writings of ancient China to those of modern-day America and represent, at its most piercing, a universal experience of the human soul. Includes poems by John Donne, Christina Rossetti, W.H. Auden, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Robert Graves, E E. Cummings,...