Black Stars in a White Night Sky (Hardcover)

~ Jonarno Lawson (Author), Sherwin Tjia (Illustrator)

Editorial Reviews

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For an older audience than the usual nonsense-verse crowd, this uproarious collection blends slapstick, puns, parodies, and sheer absurdity with lots of wry ideas. At the core is the delicious sound of words  and rhymes (“Kit kiddle knickerbocker / Rick a back rong”; “an eloquent elephant out of its element”), but there are also plenty of wild connections (“There’s a worm in the apple of my eye”). And how about Humpty Dumpty trying to protect himself in the nest, only to break apart when the chicken hatches? Grade-schoolers will appreciate the images (“He leaps like spit off a frying pan”), and the irreverence can be thought-provoking (“the path to conformity is different for each person”). Tjia’s surreal art, in black-and-white silhouettes, is as rhythmic and absurd as the verse, which is perfect for reading aloud. Grades 4-7. --Hazel Rochman

Product Description

Black Stars in a White Night Sky, Lawsons second book of poetry for children, includes fractonyms, concretes, as well as short lyrics and poems that dont rhyme. Lawson stretches the boundaries of what is normally thought of as childrens poetry, but not at the expense of the books entertainment value or clarity. The poems are written within hearing of both children and adults; philosophy and tomfoolery are equally at home in this exemplary new tome. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Hardcover: 118 pages
• Publisher: Wordsong (March 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590785215
• ISBN-13: 978-1590785218
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,110,593 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)