- Hardcover: 47 pages
- Publisher: Henry Holt & Company; 1 edition (April 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0805066209
- ISBN-13: 978-0805066203
- Product Dimensions: 28.3 x 22.6 x 1 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 741,349 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Clever!
30 Nov 2004
Format:Hardcover
What a great way to present poetry -- through shapes! The text of each of these poems is cleverly patterned like its topic, with adorable illustrations enhancing them. For example: a poem about rain has the words drizzle down like rain drops and then form the shape of an umbrella. The poems themselves are fun and representitive of some of childhood's most engaging activities and holidays. Poet, Heidi B. Roemer, has a true poet's ear that taps into the heart of children. Hideko Takahashi's illustrations of children of all colors are irresistable. Her bold and muted coloring seem to find the right balance to add even more delight to each poem. This book would be great in the classroom when studying poetry. It's a great way to introduce new poetry styles to children. But, it's also fun to read and look at. If this book doesn't get young ones hooked on poetry I don't know what will!
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Kirkus Starred Review
21 Mar 2004
Format:Hardcover
KIRKUS Starred REVIEW:
Roemer, Heidi B.
March 01, 2004 - Text and pictures blend seamlessly in this outstanding offering-no mean feat, as Roemer's rhymes are all shaped to evoke seasonal sights: the V's of nestlings' open beaks and skeins of migrating geese, the fall of raindrops, the twist of the garden hose, the paths of "Dancing Leaves" in autumn. Read aloud, the verses irresistibly invite
audience participation--"I take my little rake and my hoe, hoe, hoe;/And break up clods of firt in each row, row, row"-- but lend themselves to silent appreciation, too, as color changes, type sizes and artful placement work together to make them easily legible, even to less-practiced readers.
Takahashi folds the shaped lines into her simple, richly hued outdoor scenes with seeming effortlessness, letting words not only rest within the compositions, but become elements of them, as Christmas tree branches, menorah candles, an owl's crest, and dandelion fluff. She also adds visual surprises and stories of her own, from a child's face that dramatically transforms into a snowman's, to a teeter-tottering mother and daughter with
different skin tones.
A strong debut for Roemer and Takahashi's most inventive work
yet. (Picture book/poetry, 6 - 9)
Come to My Party and Other Shape Poems
2 Oct 2009
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The author's creativity seems limitless in this book as she provides not only pleasing descriptions, such as "summer snowflakes made of fluff" for dandelions, but places the words so that they make the shape of the dandelion! Her words make a perfect mental picture of the object such as "a sliver, a slice, deliciously nice" for a watermelon. In her "Celebrate" poem, just looking at it, the words forming a flowing flag shape, gives a sense of joyousness and celebration. I can hardly pick a favorite, but "Good-bye Winter" shaped like a rainbow, filling the sky with pent-up springtime emotions, would certainly be one of them.
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