Starred Review. Grade 3-6âÂÂPrelutsky is one of the best word crafters in the business, and this collection does not disappoint. Each entry is about a creature that is part animal and part inanimate object. For instance, the Alarmadillos have alarm clocks for bodies, and the Ballpoint Penguins can write with their beaks. The poems are full of fun and wit, with wordplay and metre that never miss a beat. The whimsical illustrations use cut-print media, old-fashioned print images, and a variety of paper textures to create a rich visual treat well suited to the poetry. The detail in the mixed-media pictures makes this a good choice for individual or lap reading, but the poetry begs to be read aloud. This is definitely a do not miss poetry pick.âÂÂDonna Cardon, Provo City Library, UT
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Starred Review. Grade 3-6âÂÂPrelutsky is one of the best word crafters in the business, and this collection does not disappoint. Each entry is about a creature that is part animal and part inanimate object. For instance, the Alarmadillos have alarm clocks for bodies, and the Ballpoint Penguins can write with their beaks. The poems are full of fun and wit, with wordplay and metre that never miss a beat. The whimsical illustrations use cut-print media, old-fashioned print images, and a variety of paper textures to create a rich visual treat well suited to the poetry. The detail in the mixed-media pictures makes this a good choice for individual or lap reading, but the poetry begs to be read aloud. This is definitely a do not miss poetry pick.âÂÂDonna Cardon, Provo City Library, UT
Copyright é Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Jack Prelutsky is the best-selling author of more than fifty books
of poetry, including The New Kid on the Block, illustrated by James
Stevenson, and Stardines Swim High Across the Sky, illustrated by
Carin Berger. Jack Prelutsky lives in Washington State.
Carin Berger is an award-winning designer and illustrator. Her book
The Little Yellow Leaf was named a New York Times Best Illustrated
Book; and she is the creator of Finding Spring, All of Us, Good
Night! Good Night!, A Perfect Day, Forever Friends, and OK Go,
among other titles. She is the illustrator of Behold the Bold
Umbrellaphant and Stardines Swim High Across the Sky, both written
by Jack Prelutsky. Carin Berger won the Society of Illustrators
Founder's Award in 2006. She lives with her family in New York
City.
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