In The Spin of Things - Hardcover

Dotlich, Rebecca Kai

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1563971453 ISBN 13: 9781563971457

Publisher: Boyds Mills Press, 2003

Synopsis

Rebecca Kai Dotlich pays poetic tribute to things that shake or slap, whoosh or whirl, swirl or spill in this captivating book of verse. With charming illustrations by Karen Dugan, these twenty-three poems sparkle with clever imagery and crackle with dazzling wordplay. Here's a remarkable collection by a gifted poet to set young imaginations spinning.

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About the Author

Rebecca Kai Dotlich books include Lemonade Sun: And Other Summer Poems, an IRA-CBC Children's Choice. She lives with her family in Carmel, Indiana.

Karen Dugan is the illustrator of Tea Party Today, an American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists" book, written by Eileen Spinelli. She lives in North Attleboro, Massachusetts.

From Booklist

PreS-Gr. 2. Dotlich has fun with the sounds of words, and reading aloud these short rhythmic lines will make kids find poetry in ordinary things, from a pencil sharpener that "whittles and whirs," and ice cubes "mixing, scrambling / changing places," to a crushed soda can in the wind "tin-tumbling its way / down a dark / city street." The big, bright, jolly illustrations occasionally take over, but the young audience will enjoy seeing girls and boys like themselves shrieking on a roller coaster, and then quietly ironing a shirt ("Glide up. / Slide down. / Ride around / the buttons"). A nice companion to Mother Goose nonsense, this exuberant physical romp is grounded in realism and the joy of language. Hazel Rochman
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About this edition

• Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1563971453
• ISBN 13: 9781563971457
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Dugan Karen