Book Reviews
How I Discovered Poetryby Marilyn Nelson;
illus. by Hadley HooperMiddle School Dial 103 pp.1/14 978-0-8037-3304-6 $16.99 gIn fifty poems (some previously published) Nelson chronicles her formative years during the 1950s, from age four to thirteen, against the backdrop of the cold war and stirrings of the civil rights movement and...
Giving Thanks: Poems, Prayers, and Praise Songs of Thanksgiving edited by Katherine Paterson; illus. by Pamela DaltonAll Ages Handprint/Chronicle 56 pp.10/13 978-1-4521-1339-5 $18.99Paterson divides this collection of brief prayers, poems, and meditations into thanks for food, life, spirit, and community. Her selection is catholic and spans the centuries,...
Flip Flap Farm (September 2013), Nosy Crow’s latest app and companion to the split-page board book of the same name, takes the barnyard animal fun of its predecessor, Animal SnApp: Farm, and presents it in the style of a body flip book. Eleven top halves of various animals pair with...
It begins with dissatisfaction. Over, of all things, rapunzel.The herb, the seasoning. Not the beautiful Rapunzel.A pregnant wife (at last!), a witch’s garden next door.The missus just has to have some rapunzel.Of course the husband gets caught. The witch curseshim as he stands there with a handful of pungent rapunzel.Unless...
To honor National Poetry Month in April, we’re spotlighting notable novels in verse from the past year. From illustrated lighthearted verse to historical fiction to contemporary realism, this eclectic potpourri of Horn Book Guide–recommended novels showcases the form and gives readers — from primary-age kids to older teens — good...
In honor of National Poetry Month, we've compiled a list of poetry books for a wide range of ages, all recently published and recommended by The Horn Book Magazine. There's something for everyone: anthologies and verse narratives; silly poetry and serious poetry; love poems and lullabies; free verse, formal verse,...
*from The House at Pooh CornerPoetry can be used to examine and celebrate the world we live in and the worlds we invent. A great way to observe National Poetry Month is to share the following exemplary poetry books for young children featuring the calming rhythms of lullaby, the humorous...
Follow Follow: A Book of Reverso Poemsby Marilyn Singer;
illus. by Josée MassePrimary Dial 32 pp.2/13 978-0-8037-3769-3 $16.99 g“It’s not easy,” warns Singer in a note about the “reverso,” a verse form she created and first used in Mirror Mirror (rev. 3/10); and the first poem (“Fairy Tales”) in this...
While marketed as a two-volume music CD with an accompanying booklet, Natalie Merchant’s Leave Your Sleep might be better understood as a fascinating anthology of children’s poetry accompanied by biographical notes and two CDs on which each of the twenty-six poems is set to music. But it is even more...
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