{"product_id":"0547240031-guyku_a_year_of_haiku_for_boys","title":"Guyku: A Year of Haiku for Boys","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ethe Wind And I Play Tug-of-war With My New Kite.\u003cbr\u003ethe Wind Is Winning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ewhen You’re A Guy, Nature Is One Big Playground—no Matter What The Season. There Are Puddles To Splash In The Spring, Pine Trees To Climb In The Summer, Maple Seeds To Catch In The Fall, And Icicles To Swordfight With In The Winter. \u003cbr\u003e       Nature Also Has A Way Of Making A Guy Appreciate Important Stuff—like How Many Rocks It Takes To Dam Up A Stream, Or How Much Snow Equals A Day Off From School.\u003cbr\u003e so What Kind Of Poetry Best Captures These Special Moments, At A Length That Lets Guys Get Right Back To Tree-climbing And Kite-flying? Why, Guyku, Of Course!\u003c\/p\u003e\npublishers Weekly\n\u003cp\u003ein Creating This Nostalgic Collection Of Haiku, Raczka (summer Wonders) Cites The Form's Brevity And Its Emphasis On Nature And The Present As Reasons Why It's A Wonderful Form Of Poetry For Guys Like Us. Categorized (as Haiku Traditionally Are) By Season And Progressing Through The Year, His Guyku Poems Celebrate The Mud Of Spring, The Campfires Of Summer (with The Ember End\/ Of My Long Marshmallow Stick,\/ I Draw On The Dark), The Transformation Of Fall, And The Joys Of Winter, With Plenty Of Giggling Thrown In--penny On The Rail,\/ You Used To Look Like Lincoln\/ Before You Got Smooshed. Reynolds (the Dot) Provides An Expressively Drawn Vignette For Each Haiku In Muted Tones Of Mossy Green, Sepia, And Watery Blue. This Is Childhood As Adults Remember It, Or Want To Remember It: No Flat-screen Tvs, No Computers, No Cars Or Cellphones. Whether Children Will Recognize Their Own Lives In These Wistful Visions Is Not Clear, But They Will Certainly Appreciate Raczka's Humor: If This Puddle Could\/ Talk, I Think It Would Tell Me\/ To Splash My Sister. Ages 3 7. (oct.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChildren's Books\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiterature \u0026amp; Fiction\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Books \u0026amp; Readers\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eBeginner Readers\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"HMH Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":48226005647550,"sku":"0547240031-4","price":13.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/61c1b1TG-wL.jpg?v=1785332168","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0547240031-guyku_a_year_of_haiku_for_boys","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}