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Poetic License for kids
If adults are allowed to dream, to appreciate art and nature and to muse about poetry not quite understood, why not a book for children that allows them the same. Leave regimented rhyme to the institutional school books. This book makes a child think and appreciate.
Published on November 21, 2006 by D. Freeman
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Watership Drowned
A curiously uneven pairing of Jerry Pinkney's dark, textured illustrations with Nancy Willard's inaccessible poetry. Marketed as a book for children ages 4 - 8, Willard's words are too erudite for her audience, Pinkney's drawings too lacking in qualities apt to enrapture their targeted age group. Presumably an attempt to marry what was best in both contributors to this...
Published on June 20, 2004 by garrie keyman
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Poetic License for kids,
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This review is from: A Starlit Somersault Downhill (Library Binding)
If adults are allowed to dream, to appreciate art and nature and to muse about poetry not quite understood, why not a book for children that allows them the same. Leave regimented rhyme to the institutional school books. This book makes a child think and appreciate.
1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Watership Drowned,
By garrie keyman "Embrace the Power at www.garri... (Tuscacheague) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Starlit Somersault Downhill (Library Binding)
A curiously uneven pairing of Jerry Pinkney's dark, textured illustrations with Nancy Willard's inaccessible poetry. Marketed as a book for children ages 4 - 8, Willard's words are too erudite for her audience, Pinkney's drawings too lacking in qualities apt to enrapture their targeted age group.Presumably an attempt to marry what was best in both contributors to this sleeper of a book (Pinkney is a two-time Caldecott Honor recipient, Willard a Newberry Medalist), the final product falls flat. Not recommended unless you are trying to put your children into a sleep characterized by dull, unimaginative dreams. |
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A Starlit Somersault Downhill by Nancy Willard (Paperback - Sept. 1996)
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