The illustrator of A Stick Is an Excellent Thing, LeUyen Pham, also illustrated Desmond Tutu's excellent picture book [b:God's Dream|4473555|God's Dream|Desmond Tutu|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320497857s/4473555.jpg|16349153]. She's a rock star! In the end, it was the illustrations I enjoyed most...
I'm not a huge poetry fan, even when it's for kids (although I like that better than most contemporary poetry for adults). Poetry that doesn't have a rhyme scheme and a meter I can dance to just doesn't move me as much. That said; WOW. Singer's work is amazing. Again, she's taken a number of fairy t...
I was a little skeptical about this follow up to Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse. Surely we'd all been there done that. Apparently, we hadn't. This collection is just as good! Just as entertaining! Just as impressive! I am really in awe of the reverso style of poetry. I have yet to sit dow...
Another very good collaboration between a poet and illustrator. The illustrations are complementary. I do think, however, that having the illustrations makes it SO hard to think about trying to memorize the poem. It makes it belong in the book, and to me the key thing about poetry is getting it unbo...
In this version of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," a cumpulsive liar discovers that storytelling is an art and has its place in society. And one can amuse oneself by trying to figure out alien speech.Library copy.
Wonderful poems, as enjoyable as they are informative, describe the extreme habitats that are home to a variety of birds, fish, mammals, and insects. Illustrated with stunning abstract collage art by Ed Young.
Masterful illustrations by Caldecott winner Ed Young. A variety of poetry forms about animals that live in extreme environments. End notes provide further information about the animals and their habitats.
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