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A collection of humorous poems about family and a variety of daily experiences
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Although both author and illustrator have been honored in Britain for their work for children, this all-new collection is a long way from the best work of either. Rosen's (We're Going on a Bear Hunt) free-verse poems range from nonsense rhymes ("Tiffy taffy toffee/ on the flee flo floor... Kiffy kaffy coffee/ in a mig mag mug") to prosy, four- or five-page monologues with nary an image. In "The Field Trip," for example, the narrator/teacher scolds, "All right/ as you know/ it was our plan to go out today-/ to the Science Museum... I saw that, Mark,/ I saw it./ Any more and you'll be out./ No trip, nothing." The so-called illustrations consist of a single monochrome drawing that is used as a border on every page; while the border design is detailed, the cumulative effect is numbing, as if the poems had been printed on a stack of stationery. All ages.
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Gr. 3^-5. This collection features 65 poems by Michael Rosen, an English writer whose light verse is colloquial and childlike. Children who enjoy Prelutsky's work will find much to like in Rosen's poems: excellent descriptions of childhood experiences, sharp insights into people, and quite a bit of humor. Framing every two-page spread is a border: dozens of appealing characters from the poems lean in toward the page, acting out their roles, interacting a bit, and hamming it up for the reader. Rosen may need some introduction to American children, but they'll return to this volume for the pleasure of rereading his entertaining verse. Carolyn Phelan
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Best of Michael Rosen
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Wetland Press, Berkeley CA, 1995
ISBN 10: 1571430466
ISBN 13: 9781571430465
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Blake, Quentin (illustrator). Covers have minor wear and ink writing on back. Corners and ends of spine lightly bumped and chipped. Binding tight. Ink inscription by the author on front free end paper. ix + 122 pages. Children like poetry, the funnier the better. Michael Rosen wrote some of the best. And Quentin Blake added a border of blue people to surround it. The book is signed by Michael Rosen. Size: 6.25 x 9.25. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 041177
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THE BEST OF MICHAEL ROSEN.
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Wetlands Press /RDR Books, Berkeley, CA, 1995
ISBN 10: 1571430466
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Condition: FINE. First printing. The first significant collection by this award-winning British author of humorous children's poems to appear in the United States. Introduction, partly in rhyme, by Ken and Yetta Goodman. Illustrated by Quentin Blake with blue and black border drawings on every page. 120 pp plus notes about the contributors and 4 blank bordered pages. Very near fine in glossy illustrated boards (small gift inscription). Seller Inventory # 85543