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Cool Melons-Turn to Frogs!: The Life and Poems of Issa - Community Reviews back

by Matthew W. Gollub, Kazuko G. Stone
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Ama's Picture Books
Ama's Picture Books rated it 11 years ago
story and haiku translations by Matthew Gollub, illustrations by Kazuko G Stone I don't like the cover. The book itself is more serious* and beautiful than the cover implies. *Not boring, just less cartoony. For some reason, that jumping frog really bothers me.
Ceridwen
Ceridwen rated it 14 years ago
I am trying to review more of the kids book I read, and this is one that that's been bugging me forever. Haiku make me insane, totally insane, because I love them and they are impossible and crazy. My soul dies a little every single time someone says to me, "I don't get poetry." People say this a lo...
mrsbond
mrsbond rated it 17 years ago
Beautifully written and illustrated book about the popular Japanese Haiku poet Kobayashi Yataro, better known as Issa. The biographical information is complemented by several of his haiku. Within the text is an English translation; the Japanese calligraphy is painted along the side margins. Readers ...
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