Rebecca Kai Dotlich pays poetic tribute to things that shake or slap, whoosh or whirl, swirl or spill in this captivating book of verse. With delightful illustrations by Karen Dugan, these twenty-three poems sparkle with clever imagery and crackle with dazzling wordplay. This is a remarkable collection by a gifted poet to set young imaginations spinning.
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Grade 2-5-In these 23 free-form poems, familiar items from around the house, classroom, or playground, as well as elements of nature, take on a life of their own. For example, "Ice Cubes" reads: "watch them bounce/and belly flop,/mixing, scrambling,/changing places-/chilly cubes,/frozen faces"; "Pencil Sharpener": "WHIRS/in the middle,/gnaws/and nibbles,/-until/it is full,/until it is fed/with peelings/of pencils-/the BREAKFAST/OF LEAD." Colorful illustrations full of swirling movement enhance the playfulness of the verses. These imaginative poems could be used to inspire children's own creative writing.
Sally R. Dow, Ossining Public Library, NY
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Sally R. Dow, Ossining Public Library, NY
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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PreS-Gr. 2. Dotlich has fun with the sounds of words, and reading aloud these short rhythmic lines will make kids find poetry in ordinary things, from a pencil sharpener that "whittles and whirs," and ice cubes "mixing, scrambling / changing places," to a crushed soda can in the wind "tin-tumbling its way / down a dark / city street." The big, bright, jolly illustrations occasionally take over, but the young audience will enjoy seeing girls and boys like themselves shrieking on a roller coaster, and then quietly ironing a shirt ("Glide up. / Slide down. / Ride around / the buttons"). A nice companion to Mother Goose nonsense, this exuberant physical romp is grounded in realism and the joy of language. Hazel Rochman
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Me and my friend Angela love poetry so much. We write itall the time, even when she spends the night. We went to the library and this was sitting on the shelf of new books. Mrs. Johnson (at the library) said it was really good, so we took it out. I wish I could ask the author of this book why she didn't write a poem about riding bikes. That would have been good. But we like the one about the broom. And the roller coaster. Yay rah for poems!
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