Once Upon Ice: And Other Frozen Poems [Hardcover]

Jane Yolen (Author), Jason Stemple (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1997 | Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up

Photos of ice in its natural settings form the backdrop for this imaginative collection of poetry selected by renowned poet and author Jane Yolen. Lee Bennett Hopkins, X.J. Kennedy, Mary Ann Hoberman, and others dramatically describe this frozen phenomenon in ways that children will find funny, thoughtful and thought provoking. Full color.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 4-8. A sophisticated collection of winter poetry. The 17 poets (including X. J. Kennedy, J. Patrick Lewis, Nancy Willard, and Yolen) were given one of Stemple's spectacular photographs of ice formations to stimulate their own creativity. The photographer's work makes this book one to be savored for its art as well as its literary form. Each picture covers the entire page, muted to a tone-on-tone value. Sometimes, a small area of detail from the background is intensified to its true quality, and this highlighted image is the focus of the poem. Styles are as varied as the poets themselves?whimsical, descriptive, story-telling, emotional. Each poem is true to its photograph, giving a special dimension to both. Words like "creaking," "brittle," "chattering," "snaps," and "a-shiver" make the poems expressive read-alouds. The book has curricular connections to units on weather, seasons, matter, or creative writing. Reading it in winter will give readers a chill, even if they are in Florida or southern California.?Betty Teague, Blythe Academy of Languages, Greenville, SC
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

Chewing On Ice by Kathi Appelt
Winter's Fingers by Carol Jane Bangs
The Opera Of The Ice by Marvin Bell
Once Upon Ice by Christine Crow
Proteus by Christine Crow
Overnight Ice by Barbara Davis
Autumn by Ann Dixon
Ice Cycle by Mary Ann Hoberman
Icicles by Lee Bennett Hopkins
Dangerous Ice by X. J. Kennedy
December Leaves by Alba Nora Martinez
My Dog by Alba Nora Martinez
Ice Sisters by Pamela Powell
Winter Wraps by Carol E. Reed-jones
Hieroglyph by Ann Turner
The Window In Winter by Nancy Willard
Cold Snap by Bill Yake
Ice Bridge by Jane Yolen
Ice Can Scream by Jane Yolen
Ice Cubes by Jane Yolen
Necklace by Jane Yolen
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: Boyds Mills Press; 1st edition (January 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563974088
• ISBN-13: 978-1563974083
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 8.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,499,502 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Frozen Poetry, January 24, 2012

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This review is from: Once Upon Ice: And Other Frozen Poems (Paperback)

Once Upon Ice is full of gorgeous photographs and delightful poetry. Every winter, I use this book with my 5th grade class. I ask them what they "see" in the photographs and then share what the poet "sees". This book is great for inspiring my students to use figurative language, personification, and imagery in their own writing!