More Opposites - Hardcover

Wilbur, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0151700729 ISBN 13: 9780151700721

Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books, 1991

Synopsis

A collection of humorous poems centering around words and their opposites.

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From Publishers Weekly:

These 34 whimsical ditties, like those in Wilbur's Opposites, are built around synonyms and antonyms, mostly the latter ("The opposite of stop is go / But sometimes one does both, you know"). Each poem is accompanied by a jaunty, mischievous line drawing by Wilbur. One verse explains how to address a letter to a duck or a drake; another reveals why Missouri, home of skeptical, doubting folk, is the opposite of California, the starry-eyed residents of which "think, I'm told, that every river's full of gold." The ambivalent opposite of baby, as one illustration shows, is a balding grown-up with thumb in mouth--making the point that adults are not so different from children after all. Many of the verses try one's patience with their arch, self-conscious humor; others have the gimlet wit and subtle wordplay of Wilbur's finest translations ("The best thing's to avoid excess. Try to be moderate, more or less").
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 3-6-- A sequel to Opposites (HBJ, 1973), featuring 34 more poems that explore words that, with the right outlook, might be considered opposites. There is inspired nonsense (``Ships would think it sappy/ To send us word that they are happy./ If you hear nothing from a liner,/ It means that things could not be finer.''), clever wordplay, and unforced humor in the tradition of Edward Lear. Each entry is accompanied by black-and-white pen drawings that extend the comedy. A book that's more than worth its weight in thoughtful amusement. --Kathleen Whalin, Belfast Public Library, ME
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0151700729
• ISBN 13: 9780151700721
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 48