Moving Words About a Flower
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- £7.49
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- £7.49
Publisher Description
Words tumble, leap, and fly in this clever shape poem about a resilient dandelion.
The inspiring story of a dandelion that survives against all odds, ingeniously told through shape poems (also called "concrete poems") full of visual surprises. When it rains, letters fall from the sky; and when seeds scatter, words FLY!
Each playful page will have readers looking twice. The back of the book includes more information about the life cycle of the humble, incredible dandelion.
NSTA-CBC's 2023 Outstanding Science Trade Books List2023 Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts List by the CLA (Children’s Literature Assembly)
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Concrete poetry centers a dandelion's life cycle across seasons and landscapes in this high-spirited picture book. After a summer thunderstorm graces a city, a child with brown skin, black curls, and blue eyes spots "a tiny sprout" in a sidewalk crack, one that grows into a yellow dandelion and then "a feathery/ white ball of/ seeds" before blowing to a more rural northerly clime. Hayes's words pop dynamically off the pages, forming shapes that mimic the lines' meaning, while Chotiner's textural, action-packed art shows phrases reverberating like a lightning flash, forming a rainbow-like arc, and rooting in soil as a seedling, among other shapes. The story comes pleasingly full circle when a second child, portrayed with light brown skin, plucks a dandelion from a field and gives the seeds a satisfying blow, beginning the journey anew. Back matter chronicles the life cycle of a dandelion. Ages 3–7.
