I Am Phoenix Poems for Two Voices [Audio Cassette]

Paul Fleischman (Author)

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Recorded Books (2001)
• ISBN-10: 0788722166
• ISBN-13: 978-0788722165
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Paul Fleischman grew up in Santa Monica, California, the son of children's book author Sid Fleischman. Drawing on history, music, art, and theater, his books have often experimented with multiple viewpoints and performance. He received the Newbery Medal in 1989 for JOYFUL NOISE: POEMS FOR TWO VOICES, a Newbery Honor Award for GRAVEN IMAGES, the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction for BULL RUN, and was a National Book Award finalist for BREAKOUT. He lives on the central coast of California.

For more information, visit paulfleischman.net.

Customer Reviews

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Delightful, March 23, 2000

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This review is from: I Am Phoenix: Poems for Two Voices (Paperback)

The poems in this book are meant to be read aloud by two different people. Each person reads one of the two columns aloud and lines written on the same line are said simultaneously. This volume contains poems about birds.

My 9 year old son, who doesn't like to read out loud, loves to say these poems with me. It takes a couple of readings to get the cadence right, so this becomes a wonderful way to work on diction while having a tremendous amount of fun.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Unpoetical us, October 12, 2009

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This review is from: I Am Phoenix: Poems for Two Voices (Paperback)

We are a homeschool family with two students fourth grade and kindergarten-and-a-half. I ordered this and the author's other for two voices to promote an appreciation for poetry in all of us, but also to make reading look more appealing than it does to my younger student. It's working! I'm lazy. When I read poetry, I skip reading aloud for enjoyment, because it takes more time. Believing myself to be very busy, a conceit --since my days have as many hours as everyone else's, I also frequently fall into the trap of having only 'necessary' conversation with my children. Reading and rehearsing (yes, it takes a bit to learn to read them correctly) these poems engages us all socially. My oldest daughter and I are beginning music students, so I'm hoping this will help 'wire' our brains for ensemble performance. (But enough about us!) We've also enjoyed the content of both books--both words and pictures. Hope that helps.

5.0 out of 5 stars A truly wonderful collection of poems and voices., January 3, 2011

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"I Am Phoenix" is a great poem, as is "The Last Passenger Pigeon" and "The Common Egret". This book is so much fun to read aloud. Reciting a poem with a partner isn't as easy as it looks, but it's fun trying. My students enjoy the poems and we are able to discern the different voices of the birds ... prideful, sorrowful, joyful, etc. Get this book and the other poem for two voices about bugs -- when you get that one, enjoy "Cricket".