<i>The Truro Bear and Other Adventures</i>, a companion volume to <i>Owls and Other Fantasies</i> and <i>Blue Iris</i>, brings together ten new poems, thirty-five of Oliver's classic poems, and two essays all about mammals, insects, and reptiles. The award-winning poet considers beasts of all kinds: bears, snakes, spiders, porcupines, humpback whales, hermit crabs, and, of course, her beloved but disobedient little dog, Percy.