A Lucky Thing - Hardcover

Schertle, Alice

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0152005412 ISBN 13: 9780152005412

Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books, 1999

Synopsis

Is it hard to write poetry? In an old barn, a girl sits at a table and writes poems. She notices the rooster and the weather vane and how, in unexpected ways, they have much in common. She writes about writing poetry. It s not easy! Finally, in the late-night silence, a small gray verse runs squeaking down one of the rafters/just as the moon floats in through the double barn door. Discover fourteen extraordinary poems about the world around us and the world within our imaginations exquisitely illustrated with dreamlike images by a master painter.

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About the Author

ALICE SCHERTLE has written many well-loved books for children, including Little Blue Truck, Little Blue Truck Leads the Way, and All You Need for a Snowman. She lives in Plainfield, Massachusetts.

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Wendell Minor is the celebrated illustrator of more than forty picture books for children. His work reflects his deep interest in American history and American landscape and his desire to bring the natural world to children. He currently lives in rural Connecticut with his wife, author Florence Friedmann Minor. Visit him at www.minorart.com.

 

Reviews

Kindergarten-Grade 6A book thats filled with both rhyming and free verse to inspire childrens senses of observation. The 13 selections are loosely connected by the first and last poems written in the voice of the poet as she sits in her barn and observes the sounds and smells and movements of the world around her. She begins, Right here/on this/clean/white page/Ill scatter some words,/watch them grow./Ill plant/a meadow. Poems celebrating the natural life of the farm tell of the barn that rode the storm and the sheep that look like old tombstones/sunk down shoulder deep. The poignant title poem reflects on a robin and some chickens who consider it a lucky thing to be the other. Several poems are sure to be favorites of those who celebrate the creative process. Poem about Rabbit is A pink-eyed poem/that watches/from the/edges/of the page,/that nibbles/at the/corners/of my mind. Head Full of Turtle gives new meaning to writers block. Minors bright watercolor paintings fill the pages with warmth and humor. Children will love looking for symbols of writing in each of the pictures. A terrific choice for reading aloud to younger children and for encouraging upper-elementary graders to write about their worlds.Joan Zaleski, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
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Edition details

• Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0152005412
• ISBN 13: 9780152005412
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Minor Wendell
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32