the Wind And I Play Tug-of-war With My New Kite.
the Wind Is Winning.
when You’re A Guy, Nature Is One Big Playgroundno 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.
Nature Also Has A Way Of Making A Guy Appreciate Important Stufflike How Many Rocks It Takes To Dam Up A Stream, Or How Much Snow Equals A Day Off From School.
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!
publishers Weekly
in 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.)
Categories:
- Children's Books
- Literature & Fiction
- Chapter Books & Readers
- Beginner Readers
- Chapter Books & Readers
- Literature & Fiction
Publisher : HMH Books for Young Readers
Author : Raczka, Bob,Reynolds, Peter
Language : English
Edition : Illustrated
Published :2010-10-04
Number Of Pages : 48
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0547240031
ISBN-13 : 9780547240039
Item weight : 0.65 lb
Dimensions : 0.5 in x 7.6 in x 8.3 in
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