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Fold Me a Poem Hardcover – Picture Book, April 1, 2005

by Kristine O'Connell George (Author), Lauren Stringer (Illustrator)

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Join a young boy as he creates a world filled with origami creatures of all shapes and sizes out of an array of brightly colored paper. From roosters waking up and buffalo pawing the tablecloth to cheetahs racing lions and moths that yearn for butterfly colors, here is a glimpse into the vibrant imagination of a child.

Award-winning author Kristine O'Connell George's thirty-two spirited poems combine seamlessly with celebrated artist Lauren Stringer's luminous illustrations to create a poetry collection that is truly like no other.

Features an illustrator's note and an extensive listing of origami-related books and websites.

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6 - 10 years
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56
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Grade level

1 - 4
Lexile measure

470L
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9.8 x 0.4 x 9.8
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Publisher

Clarion Books
Publication date

2005
April 1
ISBN-10

0152025014
ISBN-13

978-0152025014
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Kindergarten-Grade 2–George's 32 brief poems focus on a boy as he folds a series of origami animals and imagines their thoughts and possible activities. Some of the selections exhibit a creative spark, while others tend to take their meaning from the illustrations, which are the real strength of the presentation. The vividly colored acrylics depict the boy actively engaged in play with his creations, and the details that Stringer provides infuse the verses with both energy and humor. Her illustrator's note offers insight into her own efforts to master the art of origami. No patterns or instructions are included, although a useful bibliography is appended to guide those wishing to learn the craft themselves.–Grace Oliff, Ann Blanche Smith School, Hillsdale, NJ

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Gr. 1-3. From morning until night, a boy spends his day folding squares of colored paper into animals. The opening poem, "Origami," follows the five-seven-five-syllable haiku form while defining the magic of the paper-folding art: "Square sheet of paper-- / folded, suddenly wakes up. / Good morning, Rooster." While many of the other poems have the terseness of haiku, they follow their own syllabic patterns. Each appears on a single page or a double-page spread along with a large-scale painting of the boy making his animals, playing with them, observing them, or, in one case, repairing them after a cat attack. In "Hungry" he comes to a realization: "All afternoon / the paper cows / have been eyeing / the green paper. Oh. / Grass!" Warm in colors and often large in scale, Stringer's acrylic paintings capture the world of the boy's imaginative play as well as the intricately folded paper figures that inspire and inhabit it. Unusual, handsome, and good for reading aloud. Carolyn Phelan
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Clarion Books; First Edition (April 1, 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 56 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0152025014
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0152025014
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 6 - 10 years
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 470L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 1 - 4
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.75 x 0.38 x 9.75 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #2,214,779 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,214 in Children's Art Fiction
- #7,443 in Children's Poetry (Books)
- #74,915 in Children's Animals Books

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LAUREN STRINGER creates paintings, drawings, and books in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she lives with her husband and two cats. Her first illustrated picture book, Mud, won an IRA Children’s Choice Award, Crayola Kids Best Book of the Year Award and was declared a "Flying Starts" by Publisher's Weekly. Since Mud, Lauren has written and illustrated many celebrated picture books. Her book When Stravinsky Met Nijinsky received the McKnight Artist Fellowship for Writers and named a Booklist's Top Ten Art Books and ALA Notable Book. Stringer was recently awarded a second McKnight Artist Fellowship for Writers, for her manuscript, An Abundance of Light: The Story of Matisse in Morocco. Her newest book, The Dark Was Done will be published by Beach Lane Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster in Fall 2022.
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Kristine O'Connell George
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Kristine O'Connell George is one of the principal voices in contemporary children's poetry. Awards for her books include the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, International Reading Association / Lee Bennett Hopkins Promising Poet Award, the Golden Kite, Myra Cohn Livingston Poetry Awards, Claudia Lewis Awards, ALA notables, NCTE notables, School Library Journal Best Books, Hornbook Fanfare, Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award, and IRA-CBC Children's Choice.
Kristine lives, hikes, gardens, and hugs trees with her family in the Santa Monica Mountains. She speaks at schools and conferences both virtually and in person.
Visit her website, www.kristinegeorge.com for audio clips, teacher's guides, and more.
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Pam DA

A Book for 4th Grade Students

Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2011

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This book was a success during my Poetry Unit. I was disappointed at first there wasn't a pattern included, but I found many on the internet to download. I also wondered if my students would like the book since it was more of a picture book type poem book. I shouldn't of worried, they loved the book and wanted to read it again. I used the Elmo so they could see each page. We made oragami shapes after reading the book. I used this book to begin my poetry unit and wished I had brought it out at the end. Lovely book.

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Prov314me

Excellent book! My students have enjoyed it!

Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2014

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I work with first grade students! They absolutely enjoyed the vivid pictures. We used this book as part of a poetry lesson and followed-up making our own origami creations! I would definitely recommend this book to others!

Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2015

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Wonderful books to introduce shape concepts, integrating math and literacy. Thank you for this clever book.

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Education Oasis

Inspiring and Entertaining

Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2005

Fold Me a Poem is a wonderful example of a book being more than the sum of its parts. Inside the covers of this stunning creation, the poems and illustrations meld to create a picture book that is both inspiring and entertaining.

Each of George's short poems is exquisitely illustrated with an acrylic painting depicting a young boy among his origami creations. In "Spring," for example, we read:

At last

my tulips

arrive

wearing

paper crowns.

And thus we see-surrounding the large, black print-patterned and boldly colorful origami tulips.

While a few of the poems are about possibilities, the majority concern themselves with animals. A double-page spread shows a large yellow table festooned with rabbits at one end and foxes at the other. In between the boy has placed blocks (for the rabbits' protection). On another page, the pink ostrich receives no such protection and is attacked by the boy's cat. "Glue? Staple? Tape? Band-Aid?" The boy tries to decide how best to make repairs.

Midway through the book we find the large, green dragon on a rampage-having knocked down the other animals-and must be reigned in. Later on, we see a herd of colorful cows hungrily "eyeing the green paper. Oh. Grass!"

As the young boy prepares for bed, he hangs his own origami star against the darkening sky. Soon he hears "rustling/ soft/ papery/ whisper-thumps ./ Is someone dancing?" It appears so: the penguin and the ostrich (now sporting band-aids) move toward one another.

The book includes a list of suggested books on making origami.

Classroom Uses: We took this book into two classrooms. The first was a second-grade special-education classroom. When we finished reading the book, the students, of course, wanted to make their own origami creations. We had prepared paper so the students could create origami dogs. You will find the instructions in a wonderful downloadable teacher's guide here on the illustrator's website. The students then wrote haiku poems about their animals.

On another occassion we brought the book into a seventh-grade language arts classroom. The students were in the middle of a script writing unit. Again, taking a lesson from the teacher's guide, we had the students write a script using the origami animals they had created as characters.

Highly recommeded. Suitable for district-wide purchase.

Our only suggestions is that you have plenty of origami paper and a set of instructions ready when you read this.

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hilary katersky

FOLD ME A POEM

Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2007

The words are beautiful and inspiring and the illustrations catch the attention of young children. There was a sense of awe and anticipation when I read this book to a group. I was impressed with the free teacher's guide on the author's and illustrator's websites. I was grateful for the folding diagrams and origami resources on the sites as well. This book appeals to adults as well as children. My children and their friends have had hours of rainy-day pleasures all due to FOLD ME A POEM. This book is a "must have" for any child's library.

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ElphabaThropp

Sweet little book.

Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2010

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Very sweet little book! If you're doing Origami for a group class this is a nice addition to read to younger children. The pictures are soft and blended. My 7 year old liked it, I'll use it in our group class, for 5 - 10 year olds, but I don't see this as a favorite in our house. One reviewer wrote they thought there would be instructions. I did not get this impression at all. It's exactly what the review says it is, a book of poems. The poems are very short and easy to follow, so they held our attention well. This just isn't going to be a read over and over type book, that's all I'm saying. There are books like Shel Silverstein that are falling apart on our bookshelf from use! This is cute and we'll leave it at that.

Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2006

This books is a delight for anyone who has experimented with Origami and knows its frustractions and rewards. Basic orgigami subjects are captured through the combination engaging poems and illustrations (each enhancing the enjoyment of the other). This book made our family smile over and over again! My favorite captures a moment of oragami uncertainty...

Camel

What went wrong?

Lean against

this sand dune

while I double-check

the directions.

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Books About Origami

Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2007

I love origami and I love children's books. This story combines both and inspires one to start folding the animals. I recommend this book for children about three years old ( although folding is beyond the capabilities of this age group).

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