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...
A meditative story of the inevitable power of nature and the transience of our existence. A melancholy tale more suitable for adults than for children. Beautifully illustrated with spreads that beg for lingering to appreciate the subtle, delicate, meaningful touches by Jon Klassen.
I’ve been reading on this book, a dab at a time, all summer. It was the required reading for my personal essay writing class this summer. I went to look for it at B&N and it wasn’t there. I was happy to find I could download it, immediately, on my Kindle. An excellent use of my Kindle, as I could ca...
The Poet Laureate is not the Poet Laureate by accident. Kooser is a poet of the everyday and finds the transcendent therein. He puts me in mind of Robert Frost in the way he sneaks up on you and leaves you breathless and bewildered, thinking to yourself "... but that poem was about a woman and her d...
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