Ted Kooser
Ted Kooser was the United States Poet Laureate from 2004 to 2006 and won a Pulitzer Prize for his book of poems DELIGHTS AND SHADOWS. He is the author of twelve full-length volumes of poetry and several books of nonfiction, and his work has appeared in many periodicals. This is his first...
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Ted Kooser was the United States Poet Laureate from 2004 to 2006 and won a Pulitzer Prize for his book of poems DELIGHTS AND SHADOWS. He is the author of twelve full-length volumes of poetry and several books of nonfiction, and his work has appeared in many periodicals. This is his first children's book. He lives in Garland, Nebraska.Barry Root has illustrated many books for children, including THE CAT WHO LIKED POTATO SOUP by Terry Farish and THE BIRTHDAY TREE by Paul Fleischman. He lives in Quarryville, Pennsylvania.
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DELIGHTS & SHADOWS is the first poetry book I have read from cover-to-cover. What better way to start than with a Pulitzer Prize winner?As a further disclaimer, I am neither a poet nor a habitual poetry reader. However, I do love to read within various genres and mediums; what I have found in Ted Ko...
What a remarkable story. None of the people had to learn a lesson, and they just got to live their lives. The house stayed there at the center of the story, and the clearing away of trees was eventually subverted by them taking house. A bit dark!
Hm. Reading along, enjoying it quite a bit, finding it quite lovely, and then--it ended. Klassen's illustrations are beautiful, of course. I love the way the boy's, girl's, and father's faces are never quite shown.The book premise is lovely, and Kooser captures the loneliness of an abandoned house a...
I loved the text immoderately, which isn't surprising because I love Kooser immoderately (he is in fact one of the vanishingly small number of people who have made me cry in public). I'm not as fond of the illustrations by Klassen. There's a bit of flatness to them that doesn't quite work to my eye-...
This was originally brought to my attention as it was listed on Flavorwire.com's '20 Most Beautiful Picture Books of All Time'. The cover was intriguing so I decided to give it a go. It *is* very lovely - visually and textually, but it still doesn't make *my* top 20 list. Still, worth checking out f...
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