I Saw Esau: The Schoolchild's Pocket Book
by:
Iona Opie (author)
Iona Opie (author)
Peter Opie (author)
"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me." That's what children chant when they are being teased; it's what their parents chanted, and probably their grandparents before them. Collected in this invaluable book are the wit and wisdom of generations of...
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"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me." That's what children chant when they are being teased; it's what their parents chanted, and probably their grandparents before them. Collected in this invaluable book are the wit and wisdom of generations of schoolchildren—more than 170 selections ranging from insults and riddles to jeers and jump-rope rhymes. With Iona Opie's introduction and detailed notes and Maurice Sendak's remarkable pictures—vignettes, sequences, and full-page paintings both wickedly funny and comically sad—it offers knowledge and entertainment to all who open it.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780763664015 (0763664014)
Publish date: November 13th 2012
Publisher: Candlewick
Pages no: 160
Edition language: English
I would use this book with 3rd grade and up class visits. I would read some passages and book talk it. It was fun.
A collection of schoolyard rhymes and chants of the generations illustrated by Maurice Sendak. The anniversary edition is poignantly timed with Sendak's recent passing, providing a reason to add this book to a personal collection. I could also see this book as an inspiration in the classroom under ...
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