What can I say about Red Sings from Treetops but lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely and oh yes, lovely. And that’s from someone who doesn’t care much for poetry as a rule. After checking out a library copy based on the book’s Caldecott silver medal and Cybils win, I had to buy my own copy. (Which I did through the Cybils site, because every book that you buy there gives a little bit back to that award.) My friend and poetry-lover Sara Lewis Holmes is sharing the winter poems on pink and green, but I have to stick with what can’t leave my mind as I look around our new arctic landscape:WhiteTaking us through all the seasons in colors, these short poems by Joyce Sidman pack a velvet-covered punch, while Pamela Zagarenski’s illustrations invite long-lingering looks and sighs. Truly, I want to live in the world that Zagarenski sees.
whispers,
f
l o
a
t
s,
clumps,
traces its wet finger
on branches and stumps.
White dazzles day
and turns night
inside out.
A wrestle, a romp,
a feast:
Mmmmmmm...
winter tastes White.
Poetry Friday is hosted today by Irene Latham.
Links to material on Amazon.com contained within this post may be affiliate links for the Amazon Associates program, for which this site may receive a referral fee.
Posts
5 comments:
This book was a stunner. Sidman is brilliant, and so is Zagarenski. *swoon*
Thanks for sharing. I will look up this book.
Laura Evans
I am a poetry love and love teaching a unit of poetry every year. The poem you provide from the book was wonderful...great imagery, and I love the way the poet provided the concrete image of the snow flakes floating. I will have to get this book and share it with my 8th graders.
I am always on the lookout for poetry books that resonate with people who don't particularly care for poetry. I do enjoy poetry, but different kinds at different times. I will look for this book. Thank you for posting about it!
I agree - stunning and brilliant! I work in the children's dept of my local library and just read it for the first time today - just amazing, both the poetry and the illustrations.
Post a Comment