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Janeczko, Paul B. DIRTY LAUNDRY PILE: POEMS IN DIFFERENT VOICES. Ill. by Melissa Sweet. New York: HarperCollinsPublishers. ISBN 0688162517.
Dirty Laundry Pile: Poems in Different Voices is a lively collection of persona or mask poems selected by Paul Janeczko. Karla Kuskin, Kristine O’Connell George, Lillian Moore, Jane Yolen, and Douglas Florian are some of the poets included in this book. Objects and animals with a voice include a vacuum cleaner, washing machine, laundry pile, a whale, cows, the wind and more. The book includes couplets, haiku, and concrete poems. All the senses will be engaged by the variety of poems with their range of topics and engaging illustrations. The title poem, Dirty Laundry Pile, is an example of the fun poems in this collection of poetry.
Dirty Laundry Pile
by Marcy Barack Black
Ignore me now
On the floor
By the door.
But you’ll notice
When I swell
By my smell.
While many of the poems in this book are humorous some are quiet, thoughtful poems concerning nature and animals.
Illustrations are done in watercolor by Melissa Sweet. Young readers will delight in the full page and double page illustrations of the poetry. The artwork provides a visual image to enhance the words in the poems. The illustrations are fresh and simple. The picture for The Vacuum Cleaner’s Revenge by Patricia Hubbell consists of a large green vacuum cleaner with eyes gobbling up a variety of items. A bubble contains the words roar, crunch, and munch. The poem itself is written on a smudge of lemon yellow.
The book lacks any formal arrangement with poems of objects and animals mixed without any apparent basis. There is some grouping of poems although no regular structure is obvious. An introduction offers an explanation about why this book was created and that Janeczko thinks these poems are fun. There is no table of contents or index.
Dirty Laundry Pile: Poems in Different Voices is a worthy addition to any poetry collection with its delightful and entertaining collection of poems.
Janeczko, Paul B. DIRTY LAUNDRY PILE: POEMS IN DIFFERENT VOICES. Ill. by Melissa Sweet. New York: HarperCollinsPublishers. ISBN 0688162517.
Dirty Laundry Pile: Poems in Different Voices is a lively collection of persona or mask poems selected by Paul Janeczko. Karla Kuskin, Kristine O’Connell George, Lillian Moore, Jane Yolen, and Douglas Florian are some of the poets included in this book. Objects and animals with a voice include a vacuum cleaner, washing machine, laundry pile, a whale, cows, the wind and more. The book includes couplets, haiku, and concrete poems. All the senses will be engaged by the variety of poems with their range of topics and engaging illustrations. The title poem, Dirty Laundry Pile, is an example of the fun poems in this collection of poetry.
Dirty Laundry Pile
by Marcy Barack Black
Ignore me now
On the floor
By the door.
But you’ll notice
When I swell
By my smell.
While many of the poems in this book are humorous some are quiet, thoughtful poems concerning nature and animals.
Illustrations are done in watercolor by Melissa Sweet. Young readers will delight in the full page and double page illustrations of the poetry. The artwork provides a visual image to enhance the words in the poems. The illustrations are fresh and simple. The picture for The Vacuum Cleaner’s Revenge by Patricia Hubbell consists of a large green vacuum cleaner with eyes gobbling up a variety of items. A bubble contains the words roar, crunch, and munch. The poem itself is written on a smudge of lemon yellow.
The book lacks any formal arrangement with poems of objects and animals mixed without any apparent basis. There is some grouping of poems although no regular structure is obvious. An introduction offers an explanation about why this book was created and that Janeczko thinks these poems are fun. There is no table of contents or index.
Dirty Laundry Pile: Poems in Different Voices is a worthy addition to any poetry collection with its delightful and entertaining collection of poems.
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