Animal Acrostics is a unique celebration of animals through word play. Often humorous, always fun, an acrostic poem combines fact, imagery, and the name of the animal. It says something about the animal in a riddle that plays with both the name of the animal and its particular qualities. These 50-plus acrostic poems are a tribute to animals of five habitats: the African savanna, the tropical rainforest, the ocean, and the North American plains and forest. David Hummon is a professor of sociology and anthropology at Holy Cross College.