Boo! Haiku
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Bestselling illustrator Bob Shea and poet Deanna Caswell are back, this time with a haiku book filled with frights that delight.
Here’s a spooky haiku just for you!
broom across the moon
pointed hat at the window
hair-raising cackle
Can you guess who from this haiku?
A witch, a bat, a skeleton, a jack-o’-lantern, a ghost, a black cat, a spider, an owl, and a scarecrow are all hiding in the pages of this clever Halloween-themed book. Deanna Caswell’s playful haiku cleverly hint at the creatures revealed after each turn of the page while Bob Shea’s bright illustrations capture the scary silliness.
Praise for Guess Who, Haiku
“[G]orgeous poetry, vibrant illustrations, and masterful use of the page turn.”
—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Caswell and Shea follow their recent Guess Who, Haiku with another poetry-based guessing game, using haiku to hint at the identities of 10 Halloween standbys. There are some especially lovely haikus in the mix, and they often strike a pleasing balance between evocative language and casual phrasings: a pumpkin is "an orange porch pal/ scooped for pie and roasted seeds/ a candlelit grin," while a ghost is "footsteps without feet/ woo-ooo-ing in the basement/ heavy chains floating." Playing inky black against bold shades of olive, mustard, and violet, Shea opts for treats over tricks, creating smiley and wholly unthreatening portraits of witches, spiders, scarecrows, owls, and more. A closing note includes information about the haiku form, including the "element of play" common to many of them and the concept of syllables. Ages 3 5.
