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Editorial Reviews
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The 150-plus poems and drawings collected in Douglas Florian's Bing Bang Boing speak to children's great fascinations, from the gleeful disgust of eating bugs to the jittery unrest of perhaps one day bumping into an unexpected monster. Yet it is Florian's creative wordplay that truly distinguishes this text. Take "Commas," for example:
From Publishers Weekly
Florian's (Beast Feast) collection of light verse is sometimes clever, sometimes silly-and almost always off the wall. He introduces a man who "stayed in bed/ Till mushrooms sprouted from his head"; an aunt who "grew auntlers overnight"; and the woman from Boise whose sneakers were so "squeaky and noisy" that "she set them to boil/ in sunflower oil,/ Then she jogged all the way to New Joisy." The jocular tone occasionally falls flat, but there are plenty of deliciously gross poems with advice about not eating caterpillars (because "that will only make you iller") or about navigating the school cafeteria (where "the mere thought of lunch/ Makes [your] stomach scrunch"). The black-and-white cartoon drawings, the format and the trim size clearly recall Shel Silverstein's Where the Sidewalk Ends and Jack Prelutsky's Something BIG Has Been Here. Though Florian's verses are generally more interesting than his thick line art, he is right on target with elementary school humor, whether penning paeans to smelly socks or waxing rhapsodic about beetles for breakfast. Ages 6-up.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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The 150-plus poems and drawings collected in Douglas Florian's Bing Bang Boing speak to children's great fascinations, from the gleeful disgust of eating bugs to the jittery unrest of perhaps one day bumping into an unexpected monster. Yet it is Florian's creative wordplay that truly distinguishes this text. Take "Commas," for example:
Do commas have mommasBing Bang Boing is officially recommended for grades 4 to 6, but there is plenty in here for children as young as 5 years old, particularly thanks to Florian's exuberant black-and-white line drawings. While a few of the poems seem slanted for adults ("Welcome to suburbia / where life is so superbia"), the majority of this work will charm and engage a wide range of youngsters. With its goofy, fun-to-say title and its wealth of poetic experience inside, this playful collection is certain to become a family favorite along with Florian's well-loved Insectlopedia. (Ages 5 and older) --Jean Lenihan
Who teach them to pause
Who comfort and calm them
And clean their sharp claws?
Who tell them short stories
of uncommon commas
And send them to bed
in their comma pajamas?
From Publishers Weekly
Florian's (Beast Feast) collection of light verse is sometimes clever, sometimes silly-and almost always off the wall. He introduces a man who "stayed in bed/ Till mushrooms sprouted from his head"; an aunt who "grew auntlers overnight"; and the woman from Boise whose sneakers were so "squeaky and noisy" that "she set them to boil/ in sunflower oil,/ Then she jogged all the way to New Joisy." The jocular tone occasionally falls flat, but there are plenty of deliciously gross poems with advice about not eating caterpillars (because "that will only make you iller") or about navigating the school cafeteria (where "the mere thought of lunch/ Makes [your] stomach scrunch"). The black-and-white cartoon drawings, the format and the trim size clearly recall Shel Silverstein's Where the Sidewalk Ends and Jack Prelutsky's Something BIG Has Been Here. Though Florian's verses are generally more interesting than his thick line art, he is right on target with elementary school humor, whether penning paeans to smelly socks or waxing rhapsodic about beetles for breakfast. Ages 6-up.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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