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Synopsis
Includes poems chosen by the author from previously published collections, including "Soap Soup," "Near the Window Tree," and "Something Sleeping in the Hall."
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About the Author
Children's poet extraordinaire Karla Kuskin has written dozens of books for children, including Roar and More, The Philharmonic Gets Dressed, illustrated by Mark Simont, and Dogs and Dragons, Trees and Dreams. She lives in Brooklyn, NY and Arlington, VA.
Isabelle Dervaux made her picturebook debut with Melanie Jane, by Susan Arkin Couture. She lives in San Francisco, CA.
From Publishers Weekly
Set upon blocks of color, not unlike her Roar and More, these 36 poems are culled from Kuskin's previously published works. The poet's devotion to words, her intelligence and wit shine through all of the verses. The innocence and brevity of many of the poems will sit comfortably in the mouths of preschoolers (" 'Cow' sounds heavy./ Cow/ standing in the meadow/ chewing./ A big fur box on legs/ mooing") and are well met by artist Dervaux's (Melanie Jane) crayon-bright colors, and simple black line and figures, which belie her sophisticated sense of composition. Writer and artist are as adept at conveying more complex ideas as they are simpler ones. Much of Kuskin's selections here get at a kind of sophisticated joviality and impertinence that slightly older readers, seven- and eight-year-olds, will likely devour ("One jay/ two jay/ kitty got a blue jay./ Three jay/ four jay/ there isn't any more/ jay"), and Dervaux portrays Kuskin's multilayered ideas with equal ease; the French artist's work has a European sensibility, at times recalling Bemelmans or De Brunhoff. Adults reading to preschoolers may wish to skip a string of tongue-in-cheek poems about animal casualties, but will find plenty of others for which youngsters may well plead to repeat. A treat for the eyes as well as the ears. Ages 3-7.
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- PublisherHarpercollins Childrens Books
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0060270837
- ISBN 13 9780060270834
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages48
- IllustratorDervaux Isabelle
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