{"title":"National Poetry Month","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"afternoon-on-a-hill-978-1-56846-334-6","title":"Afternoon on a Hill","description":"\u003cp\u003e\nIn this whimsically illustrated book, a poem expresses the joys of being out in the natural world as \"the gladdest thing under the sun.\"\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n  \u003cdiv id=\"reviews-container\"\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003eReviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\n    \n    \u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        A poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay gets an illustrated treatment. The 12 lines of Millay’s 1917 poem provide the whole text for this glorious nature outing. “I will be the gladdest thing \/ Under the sun!” opens the adventure, as the anonymous first-person narrator runs over grassy hills wearing a short-sleeved calico dress and sneakers. The poem can be read literally as realism, but in the illustrations, a fantasy realm grows. When the lines say “I will touch a hundred flowers \/ And not pick one,” a single flower grows to the scale of a sapling. The heads of massive birds peer out from between trees, their eyes intense and just this side of ominous. A forest, from a long view, is shaped like an animal, absorbing (not reflecting) sunlight, even while the narrator’s peachy skin glows with reflected sun. When the poem lets the protagonist “[w]atch the wind bow down the grass, \/ And the grass rise,” the grass becomes a horizontally billowing ocean for the child to windsurf on, standing upright on an enormous leaf, arms outstretched, hair streaming. The illustrations are all full-bleed spreads; each has a different light. Domeniconi offsets acute, scientific-feeling, almost overpowering visual details on flowers and birds against vague, generic skies and distant trees. At dusk, lights glow in the distant town, and the narrator beds down—nestled in the antlers of a mighty animal, possibly an elk. Romantic and bracing.\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        –\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e (Starred Review), February 1, 2019\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-footer\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eAges 6 - 10\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eFiction, 16 pages, 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eISBN \u003cspan class=\"variant-sku\"\u003e978-1-56846-334-6\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Creative Company","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":32577086849105,"sku":"9781568463346","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50809839223087,"sku":"9781682778890","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/3432\/0977\/products\/9781568463346.jpg?v=1598818623"},{"product_id":"all-the-world-s-a-stage-978-1-56846-218-9","title":"All the World's a Stage","description":"\u003cp\u003e\nThis collection of 21 poems offers perspectives on the ever-changing stages of human life, framed by the famous \"Seven Ages of Man\" monologue in William Shakespeare's As You Like It.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n  \u003cdiv id=\"reviews-container\"\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003eReviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\n    \n    \u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        What a smashing book. Once again you've come up with an anthology built around a really fresh and original idea. Creative Editions has done a handsome job, and having the great Guy Billout illustrate it is a double plus. I'd guess that the book will appeal to readers of ANY age.\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        –X.J. Kennedy, poet, \u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e , June 2013\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \n    \u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        Illustrated by Guy Billout. Using Shakespeare's \"Seven Ages of Man\" monologue from As You Like It as his armature, Hopkins has chosen two or three poems for each life stage. The poignant, funny, or thought-provoking poems stem from a range of poets–Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Lewis Carroll to contemporaries such as Janet S. Wong and Paul Janeczko. Surrealistic illustrations reminiscent of Magritte and Escher create intriguing settings.\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        –\u003cem\u003eThe Horn Book\u003c\/em\u003e , March 2014\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \n    \u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        Poet and anthologist Hopkins uses the 7 stages in the famous \"Seven Ages of Man\" monologue from William Shakespeare's As You Like It as the framework for a collection of 21 poems reflecting on the journey of life. The varied selections range from a traditional Nigerian lullaby and works by Walt Whitman and Lewis Carroll to two poems by Hopkins himself. Each stage is represented by three poems and introduced with a mannered yet surreal double-page illustration framed by columns suggesting a theater, as well as the first few words from Shakespeare's monologue that are specific to the segment. The pages with the poems are artistically balanced, featuring text in a small, plain font and one or two illustrations against a stark white background. Each of the illustrations, symbolic in nature, have only one or two small characters placed in a vast expanse of space, exuding a sense of coldness and loneliness that is often in contrast to the tenderness of the poems; \"Act Four's War\" is particularly heart-wrenching. Though somewhat slight, this is thought-provoking, beautifully designed, and enjoyable.\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        –Randall Enos, \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e , December 2013\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \n    \u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        Like the old man's house, Shakespeare's \"Seven Ages of Man\" speech is \"a world too wide\" to be well-served by this paltry selection of 21 poems, three per \"age.\" Hopkins tries to inject some color into the mix with Walt Whitman's \"When I heard the learn'd astronomer,\" Elizabeth Barrett Browning's \"How do I love thee?\" and Lewis Carroll's \"You are old, father William.\" Unfortunately, these, combined with passages from the speech itself, only make his other choices look anemic. To the \"infant,\/Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms,\" for instance, Rebecca Kai Dotlich offers a bland \"Amazing, your face.\/Amazing\"; on the facing page, a \"traditional Nigerian lullaby\" is stripped of music: \"Sleep my baby near to me.\/Lu lu lu lu lu lu.\" Along with Joan Bransfield Graham's \"A Soldier's Letter to a Newborn Daughter,\" which ends with a condescending \"I'm coming home\/to my girls\"\/With All My Love,\/DAD,\" most of the rest are cast in prosaic free verse. Hopkins' \"Curtain,\" probably written for this collection closes the set with theatrical imagery. Billout supplies pale, distant views of small figures and some surreal element in largely empty settings–appropriate, considering the poetry, but they lack either appeal for young audiences or any evocation of the Shakespearean lines' vigorous language and snarky tone. A poor performance, \"[s]ans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.\"\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        –\u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e , September 2013\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \n    \u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        Building from Shakespeare's \"Seven Ages of Man\" monologue from As You Like It, Hopkins organizes this collection of poetry according to the seven ages, labeling them \"Entrances,\" \"Childhood,\" \"Love,\" \"War,\" \"Adulthood,\" \"Aged,\" and \"Exits\" and allotting three poems for each. Every section opens with a spread of a theater with each life stage portrayed inside, beginning with \"At first the infant,\" and taking readers through to the \"Last Scene\" stae. The stark, surreal art delivers small bites of emotion and symbolism. The 21 selections come from a range of poets, mixing Walt Whitman and Lewis Carroll with modern children's poets such as Janet S. 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An explanatory introduction in included.\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        –Julie Roach, \u003cem\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/em\u003e , January 2014\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-footer\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eAges 8 and up\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eFiction, 40 pages, 2013\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eISBN \u003cspan class=\"variant-sku\"\u003e978-1-56846-218-9\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Creative Company","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":32577089011793,"sku":"9781568462189","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/3432\/0977\/products\/9781568462189.jpg?v=1626454095"},{"product_id":"song-a-978-1-56846-331-5","title":"Song, A","description":"\u003cp\u003e\nA girl who responds to the song that calls to her serves as an example to those who have forgotten how to listen to their lives, how to discern music from noise, how to follow the path of mystery and adventure set before them.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n  \u003cdiv id=\"reviews-container\"\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003eReviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\n    \n    \u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        Mixed-media illustrations give a dreamlike quality to this poem. Carroll’s words are few—no more than four to a page\n—giving space to his illustrations: swirls and circles, strange creatures and stylized trees, houses glowing with starlight. A girl hears a song and follows it into woods, where she encounters chickens and mice, alligators in harlequin pants, an elephant with a guitar. This gorgeous, mysterious book is published by a longtime Mankato publisher.\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        –Laurie Hertzel, \u003cem\u003eStar Tribune (Minneapolis)\u003c\/em\u003e , 11\/24\/2019\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-footer\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eAges 6 - 10\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eFiction, 32 pages, 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eISBN \u003cspan class=\"variant-sku\"\u003e978-1-56846-331-5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Creative Company","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":32577091960913,"sku":"978-1-56846-331-5","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/3432\/0977\/products\/9781568463315.jpg?v=1613512746"},{"product_id":"wish-is-a-seed-a-978-1-56846-338-4","title":"Wish Is a Seed, A","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen a child makes a wish, where does it go? 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The lyrical text is both beautiful and hard-hitting, providing a loose timeline of events and experiences from the men's recruitment through their training in the Jim Crow South, disappointing grunt work overseas, and their courage and tenacity when finally embedded with French troops fighting the Germans. But this is a story of music, too. Many of the soldiers were recruited by bandleader James Europe. Some were fine musicians, who brought the sound of Harlem across the ocean. Fluid, somber-toned pastel drawings depict the desolation and add emotional depth, as when the regiment sails to France and passes a ghostly slave ship in the night. One of the brightest spots in the art is a picture of a piano Europe found in a French farmhouse where he composed songs. This is a powerful tribute. Use it to spark students' research and as an example of courage and creative expression.\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        –Jeanne McDermott, \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e (Starred Review), 9\/1\/2014\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \n    \u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        Marking the centennial of the Great War, poet Lewis uses the spare strokes of his medium to evoke the trials and triumphs of the African American 369th Army Infantry Regiment, the Hellfighters. Central to Lewis's narrative is bandleader Lt. James Europe, who turned his talents to writing patriotic songs and leading a military band that brought jazz to an eagerly receptive French audience. Short poems and prose pieces, arranged according to wartime chronology, appear in boxes inserted into spreads broken into blocks of illustration, creating an impressionistic take on the war. Although Lewis's imagery is frequently evocative (\"The moon took cover \/ in a bunker of clouds\"; \"Townsfolk knocked back glasses of liberation with free beer chasers\"), the fusion of poetry and prose is awkward, and the segues between topics are abrupt and unfocused. Kelley's grainy, earth-toned illustrations are outstanding, often stepping into command when the text stumbles. The troop transport that passes a ghost slave ship in the foggy Atlantic is visually arresting (though it could benefit from textual support); faces of Frenchmen swaying to \"Jim Europe's pizzazz jazz 'Marseillaise'\" are eerie, puppet-like figures dancing at the fin du monde; a pair of lynched black bodies bookend a bullet-torn helmet atop a rifle, contrasting the predicaments of the Hellfighters and their brothers back home. A bibliography is included, and artist's notes on several paintings that inspired his work provide a path to further research.\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        –\u003cem\u003eBulletin of the Center for Children's Books\u003c\/em\u003e , 10\/1\/2014\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \n    \u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        This picture book makes a striking first impression, opening with a double-page spread of sketched snapshots of 24 African American soldiers that echo those in Shaun Tan's The Arrival (2007). Each soldier, whether serious or smiling, gazes out at readers to introduce a story about all the ways the country for which they willingly fought still systematically discriminates against them, even during wartime. Like these seemingly disconnected portraits at the beginning, episodic vignettes tell the story of how James \"Big Jim\" Reese Europe used music to motivate his troops under nearly insurmountable conditions; how the Harlem Hellfighters were often relegated to menial \"grunt work\" jobs instead of being sent into battle, and how lynchings persisted at home despite their war efforts abroad. In the story's most haunting image, the ship on which the soldiers sail passes through the ghostly images of slaves wearing neck shackles, reminding readers that the Middle Passage still affected these black men in 1917. The narrative gaps and Lewis's focus on so many individuals and situations make this a work that packs an emotional rather than an informational punch; it's best when used to supplement a more extensive study of the Harlem Hellfighters. A beautiful book that tells a truth that needs to be told.\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        –\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e (Starred Review), 7\/1\/2014\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \n    \u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        The 369th Infantry Regiment. The 15th New York National Guard. The Men of Bronze. The Black Rattlers. The Harlem Hellfighters. They went by many names, the 2,000 black American soldiers, inspired by musician James \"Big Jim\" Reese Europe, who made history in World War I. They are the subject of a handsome new biography, written by J. Patrick Lewis, former U.S. Children's Poet Laureate, and illustrated by acclaimed artist Gary Kelley. After explaining that the U.S. entered World War I later than other countries, Lewis goes on to lay out how it is that this particular group of black soldiers came together. In the state of New York, politicians asked bandleader James Europe to help assemble a new regiment of black soldiers in Harlem. \"And the cavalcade was on.\" The soldiers were sent to train in Spartanburg, South Carolina, in the summer of 1917, facing great discrimination in a part of the country teeming with racism. Lewis writes that the soldiers soon asked themselves \"whether German bullets could be as fatal as the rifle eyes of Southern gentry, women--highborn or down-and-out--triggered to rage, ministers sold on buckshot salvation, and deputy sheriffs certain that black was not any color of the rainbow.\" On the voyage across the sea to Germany and while being moored in France, Jim and his boys played their \"pizzazz jazz.\" Lewis goes on to note their work (at first they were assigned the same \"grunt work\" they'd have been given at home, as opposed to fighting on the front lines, all because of their skin color), as well as their success in a city in the Alps in 1918, where they found fame playing jazz. He notes their major battles and even includes a tribute to Henry Johnson, a.k.a. \"Black Death\" Johnson, who was given France's highest military honor for fighting valiantly in a battle that took his life. On one chilling page, author and illustrator pause to note what was happening \"back home\" in the U.S. South: lynchings (Kelley doesn't shy from their horror in his illustrations) and rampant discrimination. Jim Europe was still able to write songs and perform, Lewis notes; on one spread a \"cobwebbed piano\" sits in a field of flowers, Lewis noting in the text that Europe wrote his most famous song, \"On Patrol in No Man's Land,\" while recovering from a gas attack. The book closes with their New York City homecoming but includes the \"tally,\" the lives lost, the damage done. Lewis even documents Jim's death, when back home, at the hands of a \"mad drummer with a tripwire temper.\" He was the first black man ever to receive a public funeral in New York with the \"hushed instruments\" of the Hellfighters marching by his casket. In what can be best described as free-verse vignettes, Lewis writes with a piercing and moving precision about the work of the Hellfighters, capturing moments with evocative figurative language. \"The band served honey through a horn to war-weary dough-boys on leave,\" he writes. They \"turned listeners' bones to liquid--cymbal-cornet-clarinet clash coursing in the blood.\" Lewis is a gifted writer, and the book's closing bibliography shows he did his research as well. Kelley's textured pastel illustrations are beautifully realized, rich and brooding. He puts panels to effective use and doesn't shy from the horrors of war, making this a great picture book for use with older readers. (High school teachers and librarians, take note.) Many panels show men and action in deep shadow, only to be followed by panels that capture light brilliantly and vividly. This is one to pore over. (Lewis and Kelley also brought us And the Soldiers Sang, a 2012 Boston Globe Horn Book Honor title. Good things happen when they collaborate.) A compelling book that tells a little-known story of American history and a dramatic tale of warfare, it's a fascinating story for music- and history-lovers alike.\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        –Julie Danielson, \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e , 8\/1\/2014\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \n    \u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        On February 17, 1919, the 369th Infantry Regiment returned to New York from France. Under a bright sun and cloudless sky, before a crowd of 250,000, the most decorated African American combat unit to serve in World War I marched under the newly erected Victory Arch at 23rd Street and up Fifth Avenue. White observers were awed by the spectacle of some 3,000 black soldiers in French helmets, bayonets gleaming, parading in disciplined lockstep formation, while black residents flooded the streets and cheered wildly, welcoming home their loved ones and heroes. Capped by this extraordinary moment, the 369th was etched in history as the Harlem Hellfighters. The 369th is for World War I what the Massachusetts Volunteer 54th Infantry Regiment is to the Civil War, or the Tuskegee Airmen to World War II. Like those other famous servicemen, the Harlem Hellfighters stand as representatives of the larger African American struggle for equal rights and human dignity in their time, a theme persuasively captured in a new picture book by J. Patrick Lewis and Gary Kelley. Harlem Hellfighters joins a surge of books on the 369th appearing on the centennial of World War I. The men of the regiment, originally the New York 15th National Guard, proudly called themselves the Rattlers, as the title of Jeffrey Sammons and John Morrow’s scholarly Harlem’s Rattlers and the Great War attests. Yet the symbolic power of the name “Harlem Hellfighters” endures, reflected in the titles of a graphic novel by Max Brooks and Canaan White; another children’s book by the late Walter Dean Myers and Bill Miles, who died in 2013, that is being reissued; and Lewis and Kelley’s own contribution. The story of the 369th is so compelling because it is both representative and exceptional. Approximately 380,000 African Americans served in the segregated army during the war. A vast majority of black troops were denied the opportunity to fight, instead confined to labor battalions both in the United States and overseas. In December 1918, the 369th was shipped to France, where it initially seemed destined for a similar fate. Their fortunes changed when General John Pershing assigned them to the French Army, which welcomed any fresh soldiers, regardless of race. Challenging the view promulgated by racist military officials that African Americans played no significant role in the war, the 369th served for 191 consecutive days on the front lines, more than any other American regiment, never ceding an inch of ground to the Germans. Two of its soldiers, Henry Johnson and Neadom Roberts, were the first Americans to receive the French Croix de Guerre for valor on the battlefield. The 369th was also the first Allied regiment to reach the Rhine after the armistice and received a unit decoration from the French Army for its gallant service. The central figure of Lewis and Kelley’s Harlem Hellfighters is James Reese Europe, the acclaimed ragtime composer and conductor who led the 369th regimental band and took France by storm with a new, exciting, and soul-rousing sound that helped usher in the Jazz Age. Lewis tells the history of the 369th in free verse, invoking to great effect the syncopated rhythm that Europe and his band made famous.\nLewis’s poetics are perfectly complemented by Kelley’s evocative pastel illustrations, which both inspire and unsettle. The men are rendered with a stoic simplicity that conveys dignity and perseverance. Some images are chilling, such as a bespectacled president Woodrow Wilson scornfully glaring from the page, juxtaposed with the suspended bodies of two lynched black men. Kelley skillfully accentuates his dark palette with the occasional red, white, and blue of the American flag, serving to underscore the challenge the 369th faced in fighting for a country that failed to respect their citizenship and, all too often, their basic humanity. The U.S. entered the war, as Wilson proclaimed, to make the world “safe for democracy.” The 369th fought also to make American democracy safe for black people. On and off the battlefield, the Harlem Hellfighters, as Lewis appropriately writes, “defined courage.” That is why, after nearly a century, their legacy remains very much alive.\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        –Chad Williams, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e , 9\/1\/2014\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \n    \u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        Lyrical storytelling and haunting illustrations from the duo behind And the Soldiers Sang recount the achievements of the all-African-American 369th Infantry Regiment in WWI. Known as the Harlem Hellfighters, the 2,000-strong regiment was recruited with the help of “magnetic bandleader James Europe. … Even the tops of buses hosted Big Jim’s band, recruits hopping aboard to the irresistible tug of patriotism, ragtime, and jazz.” Panels in dark hues appear alongside Lewis’s free-verse poems, which feature titles like “Recruited in Song” and “Orders to Move.” These small poetic stories depict the Hellfighters’ journey to the French front, battles, and the racism back home. The often jarring images, with their shadows and angular lines, hit hard with poignancy. One spread intimates a ghost slave ship passing the Hellfighters’ troop transport ship over the Atlantic; chained slaves stare out from an eerie fog, their faces coming closer with each panel. Classic works of art inspire Kelley’s pastels (one softer scene features an upright piano in a field of impressionist red poppies). That these musicians turned soldiers didn’t give up their music strikes a hopeful tone in this powerful tale.\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        –\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e , 7\/1\/2014\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \n    \u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        This beautifully illustrated collection of free-verse poems introduces readers to the Harlem Hellfighters, a group of black American soldiers who fought in World War I, impressing the French with their courage and tenacity while also inspiring Europeans with their music, “a mix of primitive jazz, blues, and upbeat ragtime.” Despite the picture book format, the sophisticated writing style will be best understood by older readers. In addition, background knowledge is necessary to fully comprehend the poetry. For example, the poem “Somewhere” reads, “Somewhere \/ in the mid-Atlantic \/ fog of history, two \/ dark ships passed \/ in the night. …” The illustration shows a slave ship crossing paths with the soldiers’ vessel, but the slave trade itself is not mentioned anywhere in the text. The poems are of varying quality: some read more like expository text with some figurative language thrown in, while others feature strong imagery that will help readers visualize the sights and sounds of war. Kelley’s atmospheric, pastel illustrations in muted tones are a perfect match for the time period, documenting the violence of war in Europe and the horror of lynchings at home. Those who look closely may notice that the illustrator has referenced some other works of art that are detailed in the artist’s notes. Refer students who would like to know more about these brave soldiers to Walter Dean Myers’s The Harlem Hellfighters: When Pride Met Courage (HarperCollins, 2006). Though this title isn’t a comprehensive look at the subject, it imparts the mood and feeling of the war well and serves as a good jumping-off point.\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        –Jackie Partch, \u003cem\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/em\u003e , 9\/1\/2014\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \n    \u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        The story of the 15th New York National Guard, or the “Harlem Hellfighters,” an all-black regiment that joined the Great War in its final year, is a revealing lens through which to view that conflict. Lewis brings a stark poetic sensibility to his topic. His free verse captures the world the men left, a training camp in the South, a place of “deputy sheriffs certain that black was not any color of the rainbow.” In fourteen words he references the irony of black men being shipped across the Atlantic—“Somewhere in the mid-Atlantic fog of history, two dark ships passed in the night …”—while in Kelley’s atmospheric illustrations enslaved men in neck shackles appear out of the mist. In “The Tally,” Lewis lets the statistics speak for themselves, contrasting the bravery of the soldiers honored by the French (“Citations: the Croix de Guerre to 171 Hellfighters; the Medal of Honor to 1 officer [white]”), with their meager recognition at home. Through the whole tragic enterprise there is music, with ragtime as a recruitment tool, a jazz version of the “Marseillaise,” musician James Europe composing songs on a beat-up piano in an abandoned French farmhouse, and happy horns on Armistice Day. An introduction gives just enough background, and especially welcome artist’s notes point out how Kelley echoes images of Monet, Delacroix, and Renoir in his illustrations. A bibliography is also included. This offering by the author-illustrator team behind the Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor book And the Soldiers Sang is a needed antidote to some of the more sentimental WWI books of this centennial year.\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        –Sarah Ellis, \u003cem\u003eThe Horn Book Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e , 11\/1\/2014\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \n    \u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        The Gary Kelley–illustrated book Harlem Hellfighters has been chosen by the New York Times as one of the 10 Best [Illustrated] Books of the year. Kelley also has been honored with a [silver] medal from the Society of Illustrators, a professional society based in New York City, for his artwork. The Cedar Falls–based artist is a member of the Society’s hall of fame and has received nearly 30 medals in his career. Released in September, Harlem Hellfighters is another in the list of award-winning collaborations between Kelley and author J. Patrick Lewis for publisher Creative Editions. And the Soldiers Sang, an illustrated version of the true story of the 1914 Christmas Truce released in 2011, [was named an honor book for] the prestigious Horn Book Award for picture books. The New York Times book review gives Harlem Hellfighters high praise: “Lewis’s poetics are perfectly complemented by Kelley’s evocative pastel illustrations, which both inspire and unsettle. The men are rendered with a stoic simplicity that conveys dignity and perseverance.” The book chronicles the achievements of the First World War’s all-African-American 369th Infantry, a 2,000-troop regiment recruited in New York and lead by famous band leader James Reese Europe. After training for combat in the South, bigotry kept them digging ditches and other grunt work. “The U.S. Army would not trust them to fight because they were black,” Kelley says. “The French said they wanted them, so the regiment was sent to France in 1917 and fought with great distinction in French uniforms. They took their ragtime piano with them to war.” German soldiers gave the unit their nickname because of their ferocity as fighters. The first Americans to reach the Rhine River, the Hellfighters and Sgt. Henry Johnson received the Croix de Guerre, one of France’s highest military medals. Given the nickname “Black Death” in combat, Johnson also was the first American soldier to be honored by the French. It wasn’t until 2003 that Johnson received the U.S. military’s Distinguished Service Cross. In August 2014, he was posthumously given the Medal of Honor for his actions under fire. “They came home to New York and a short but glorious reaction with a parade down Fifth Avenue, everyone lining the streets and cheering. Everyone thought it might be a turning point in race relations, but obviously it didn’t turn out that way,” Kelley explains.\nTheir success in battle paralleled the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, the black regiment who fought for the Union during the American Civil War. Ironically, bandleader James Reese Europe was stabbed to death after an argument with his drummer the night before his band was scheduled to play at the Boston dedication for the 54th regiment monument. Kelley learned about the Hellfighters while researching World War I for And the Soldiers Sang, then pitched the idea to his publisher. Early stages on the project were “a little challenging” because Lewis initially wanted to write the story in verse.\n“It’s difficult to match picture and narrative in verse, but I finally figured it out. By that time, the editor and publisher decided they wanted free verse or prose, so Pat had to start over. Then our editor died in the midst of the project, so the book is dedicated to him. In the end, though, the book turned out beautifully,” Kelley says. One of Creative Editions’ bestselling picture books, Harlem Hellfighters is in its third printing. Publishers Weekly said, “the remarkable narrative nonfiction rendering of WWI—and American—history uses free-verse poetry and captivating art to tell the century-old story of hellish combat, racist times, rare courage, and inspired music.” Kelley praises his publisher as “one of the last truly independent and adventurous publishers in the picture book genre.”\n\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        –Melody Parker, \u003cem\u003eWaterloo-Cedar Falls Courier\u003c\/em\u003e , 11\/1\/2014\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \n    \u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        Just released from Creative Editions, this picture book tells the story of African American soldiers who fought in an all-black regiment in World War I, and which included among their ranks Henry Johnson, whom Theodore Roosevelt called “one of the five bravest soldiers” in the war. The Harlem Hellfighters also included Jim Europe, a jazz bandleader, and his band members, who played for the weary troops overseas. The book includes the history of the unit during and after the war, as well as giving details about some of the things going on back in the United States, such as the shameful lynchings of black men in the South, which went ignored by President Wilson for far too long. A mix of free verse and prose poems is paired with illustrations reminiscent of a graphic novel style, evocative as much as descriptive, as in the case of the spread on pages 12 and 13. The text reads, “Somewhere \/ in the mid-Atlantic \/ fog of history, two \/ dark ships passed \/ in the night …” The illustrations juxtapose the serviceman on the left, sailing toward France to defend his country, with a ghostly slave ship coming west, and it’s one of the most haunting series of images in the book, which is saying something.\nThe back matter in the book includes an eight-book bibliography, as well as five different artist’s notes, in which the artist credits other artists from whom he borrowed an image or idea. The book covers a lot of ground in only 32 pages and does it in a thoughtful, informative way. A real must for libraries everywhere, people interested in World War I history and\/or African American history, and folks who love great poetry and great art. \n\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        –Kelly Fineman, \u003cem\u003eWriting and Ruminating\u003c\/em\u003e , 8\/1\/2014\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-footer\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eAges 10 - 16\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eFiction, 32 pages, 2015\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eISBN \u003cspan class=\"variant-sku\"\u003e978-1-56846-246-2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Creative Company","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":32577125318737,"sku":"978-1-56846-246-2","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/3432\/0977\/products\/9781568462462.jpg?v=1598820831"},{"product_id":"i-am-polar-bear-978-1-56846-332-2","title":"I Am Polar Bear","description":"\u003cp\u003eKnown by many names in many languages, the polar bear remains one of the Arctic's signature species, and as this poem reminds readers, it is \"far out on disappearing sea ice, losing hold\" in a world affected by climate change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"reviews-container\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModest in size, this brilliant book nonetheless captures the majesty of the polar bear. 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The devastating ending shows the polar bear adrift on a shrinking bit of ice, “losing hold.” It’s wonderful to see a call for cross-cultural respect that also demonstrates, heartbreakingly, the interwoven lives of humans and an imposing yet utterly vulnerable species.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e–Maria Russo, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, 12\/30\/2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRather than simply providing general facts about polar bears, this book focuses on how these animals interact with various ethnic communities including Russians, Inuits, Eastern Greenlanders, and even Norsemen. Lewis mentions the various names that each group has bestowed upon the polar bears, such as “Sea Bear,” “the Ever-wandering One,” and “God’s Dog.” Mythology related to polar bears and the book’s featured cultures helps explain the names that the animals have been given. The text is lean yet utilizes strong imagery and poetic language such as “fount of fierceness” and “Norsemen, who wear imagination like a garment.” The artwork captures the characteristics of the bears’ icy environment, including the color scheme, and the polar bears are drawn with soulful eyes. Back matter includes a map of their Arctic habitat and information about their endangered species status, how big they can grow to be, and other scientific facts. 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Example poems and analysis explore such elements as rhyme schemes and riddles.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n  Part of the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/series-poetry-basics\/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePoetry Basics \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e series \u003ci class=\"caret-right show-series-description\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"series-description-container\" style=\"display: none;\"\u003e\n  Poetry need not be complicated. In fact, some of the most time-honored forms of this creative writing style are intended largely for children. 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A page of moon facts is appended.\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        –\u003cem\u003eThe Horn Book\u003c\/em\u003e , March 26, 2019\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-footer\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eAges 10 - 16\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eFiction, 32 pages, 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eISBN \u003cspan class=\"variant-sku\"\u003e978-1-56846-311-7\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Creative Company","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":32577153761361,"sku":"9781568463117","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/3432\/0977\/products\/9781568463117.jpg?v=1615848235"},{"product_id":"picturing-words-in-a-poem-978-1-60818-621-1","title":"Picturing Words in a Poem","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn elementary exploration of images and personification in poetry, introducing similes, metaphors, and haiku as well as poets such as William Carlos Williams. 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Includes a writing exercise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart of the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/series-write-me-a-poem\/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWrite Me a Poem\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e series \u003ci class=\"caret-right show-series-description\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"series-description-container\" style=\"display: none;\"\u003eThe conventions of poetry may seem imposing, but a good poem can be enjoyed at any age. This new series, geared toward the early elementary learner who may be encountering literary forms and terms for the first time, teaches by example, showing how poets use language in playful and effective ways to create meaning. 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It's more sophisticated and more subtle than the Walt Disney version. The language is nostalgic, and its prose has a rhythm that's reminiscent of poetry. The art is more in the style of a fine Italian artist who uses a dark palette to create more detailed illustrations instead of cartoonish ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e–Samantha Critchell, \u003cem\u003eThe Associated Press\u003c\/em\u003e , 12\/1\/2005\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChildren today are more likely to have seen the Walt Disney 1940 film version of Pinocchio than to have read the original book. That's just one reason why The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, illustrated by Roberto Innocenti, would make a welcome addition to a child's library. Another is the stunning, imaginitive art by the renowned Italian illustrator Innocenti, who has also illustrated the Nutcracker and A Christmas Carol. Collodi, an Italian journalist (his real name was Carlo Lorenzini) first published Pincocchio, the story of a mischievous and misbehaving wooden puppet, in 1881. This beautiful re-release will take readers young and old on an imaginative journey into another world. Pinocchio's travels are filled with adventure he is ambushed, almost eaten by a fisherman, flies on the back of a pigeon and gets swallowed by a gigantic shark. Innocenti, one of the finest artists working in the field, created more than 50 magnificent illustrations for this handsome, high-quality edition. Children will be enthralled by his depiction of busy marketplaces, bright farmyard scenes, mysterious winter landscapes and even the inside of the giant shark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e–Deborah Hopkinson, \u003cem\u003eBook Page\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf the only image of the wooden boy that children have is the Disney puppet with his shock of black hair lovingly crafted by the gentle old Geppetto, then perhaps it is time to introduce them to the original. Not sanitized by Disney, this Pinocchio is revealed as sometimes arrogant, often naughty, very disobedient, but with an underlying desire to do what is right. There are plenty of adventures and misadventures for the wooden puppet who longs to be a boy. It is a cautionary tale, unabashed in its messages to children, that probably works best as a read-aloud. What sets this edition apart from others is the handsome design. From the rich buff pages to the exquisite paintings of 19th century Italy, this is a work of art. Here is a classic that belongs on every bookshelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e–Beverley Fahey, \u003cem\u003eChildren's Literature\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe timeless tale of Pinocchio is once again brought into beautiful illustration with the new release of The Adventures of Pinocchio. Internationally acclaimed illustrator Roberto Innocenti brings the story back to life with his realistic yet fanciful sketches. The new spin on Carlo Callodi's original tale shows the slightly grim side of Pinocchio and his outstanding story, and how he goes from a careless puppet to one who is just a little bit wiser. Even though the story of Pinocchio is pretty well know, the ending still has a surprise or two, even for experts on this wondrous piece of literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e–\u003cem\u003eCurious Parents Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e , 12\/2005\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBooks are a gift that young readers can pick up over and over, long after a toy would have lost its luster. It's been a blockbuster year for children's books, so the challenge for our reviewers was to pick the very best. The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi and illustrated by Roberto Innocenti is a gorgeous, fat, non-Disney edition of the classic story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e–Janis Campbell, \u003cem\u003eThe Detroit Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e , 12\/2005\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReaders will be pleased to see the return of this long unavailable title. Innocenti's illustrations of a bleak, snow-covered Italian landscape are about as far as you can get from the Disney version of Pinocchio. Rating: 1: Outstanding, noteworthy in style, content, and\/or illustration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e–\u003cem\u003eHorn Book Guide\u003c\/em\u003e , Spring 2006\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarlo Collodi is the pseudonym of Carlo Lorenzini (1826-1890), an Italian journalist whose translations of French fairy tales in the late 1870s became so popular that he wrote his own \"Le Avventure di Pinocchio\" (The Adventures of Pinocchio) in 1881, which went on to become a children's classic around the world and in 1940 was the basis for the animated film by Walt Disney. Now a new edition of this magnificent and imaginative fairy tale has been superbly illustrated by Roberto Innocenti with intricate artwork of museum gallery quality. This is the original story that includes all of Pinocchio's travels, including getting ambushed by vile assassins, strung up in a tree, drowned in the sea, nursed back to health by a beautiful blue-haired fairy, slaying a large serpent through laughter, getting chained up as a dog to catch thieving weasels, arrested for fighting with classmates, almost eaten by a ravenous fisherman, saving a great mastiff and being saved by the mastiff in return, morphing into a performing donkey, flying on the back of a pigeon, getting swallowed by a gigantic shark, saving Geppetto's life, and so much more that most readers will be completely unaware of if the only contact they've had with this sophisticated story is the Disney movie and the abbreviated children's picture book version. This simply outstanding and enthusiastically recommended edition of The Adventures of Pinocchio does full and complete justice to the wonder and storytelling skills that originally made the life and travails of a wooden puppet brought to life so universally beloved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e–Sharon Stuart, \u003cem\u003eMidwest Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e , August 2005\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublishers Weekly wrote of its original publication in 1988, \"Innocenti's luminous interpretation of Collodi's tale carves the action out of 19th-century Italian landscapes. This Pinocchio races through cobbled city scenes and then throws himself prostrate at the person or fairy whom he has most recently wronged by his hasty, thoughtless behavior. When he becomes a real boy, the transformation is resounding.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e–\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e , September 2005\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume is a revision of Innocenti's version of the classic tale (Creative Editions, 1988). Although the majority of the artwork can be found in the earlier edition, the layout and design have been modified, and some new scenes have been added. The book retains the 19th-century European setting, and the careful composition , use of perspective, and dark earth tones are an apt visual expression of this complex moral tale. A more delicate font and text framed on subtly shaded paper give the book a more classic look. Murray's new translation employs more lyrical phrasing and use of language than the earlier edition. Libraries owning the 1988 book needn't replace it, but those looking for a traditional treatment of Pinocchio should consider this handsome revision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e–Heide Piehler, \u003cem\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/em\u003e , December 2005\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an astonishingly beautiful book that may make the other volumes on a child's shelves look cheap and sawdusty by comparison. Carlo Collodi's original 1881 tale of the naughty, egotistical boy-puppet and his disastrous mishaps leaps to life via the rich illustrations of Roberto Innocenti, who himself should rank as an Italian national treasure. You can judge this book by its cover: The dust jacket predicts a bleak, wintry, Bruegelesque scene in which Pinocchio encounters a menacing pair of con artists, one a leering cat in overcoat and boots, the other a fox in fedora and open-fingered gloves (these baddies reappear inside the book as assassins disguised in caol sacks and brandishing shiny knives). This edition will likely douse any lingering affection children or their parents have for the Disney version of Pinocchio's escapades. In these pages, our hero doesn't skip about on jolly adventures with a talking cricket; he flattens the moralizing insect in a fit of pique. The Adventures of Pinocchio is the jagged sort of story that children love, full of violent and romantic adventure, of foolish braggadocio and wise authorial counsel. Ideal for reading aloud to those five and up and excellent solo reading for more sophisticated types.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e–Meghan Cox Gurdon, \u003cem\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e , October 2005\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-footer\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAges 8 and up\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFiction, 192 pages, 2004\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN \u003cspan class=\"variant-sku\"\u003e978-1-56846-190-8\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Creative Company","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":32577201504337,"sku":"9781568461908","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/3432\/0977\/products\/9781568461908.jpg?v=1626453615"},{"product_id":"emily-sonnets-the-978-1-56846-215-8","title":"Emily Sonnets, The","description":"\u003cp\u003e\nAcclaimed writer Jane Yolen employs 15 sonnets, accompanied by brief biographical notes, to tell of the reclusive life and literary innovations of 19th-century American poet Emily Dickinson.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n  \u003cdiv id=\"reviews-container\"\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003eReviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\n    \n    \u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        A sonnet sequence encapsulates the biography of one of America's most intriguing poets, Emily Dickinson. Loosely following Shakespearean and the occasional Petrarchan rhyme schemes, Yolen cleverly adopts personae of important figures in Dickinson's life–including the voice of the poet herself–to reveal key elements of her biography. Aiming to \"tell the truth\" of Dickinson's life, Yolen effectively conveys the importance of family and nature, privacy, imagination and independence in Dickinson's famously unconventional existence. Averse to traditional schooling and organized religion, the poet reveals: \"I learned the spelling of the bee,\/The mathematics of the rose\/–\/I found more in the books of air;\/My higher education won\/From every bird found flying there.\" Yolen also offers a sympathetic portrait of Dickinson's reclusiveness–\"What need for me an open door\/When in myself is so much more?\"–and idiosyncratic dress: \"sometimes a white dress is only that, \/ It keeps the daily choices few.\" Accompanying the sonnets, Kelley's dark and chunky pastels underscore Dickinson's interior life. Occasionally, attempts to echo Dickinson's poetic surprises yield muddled results, as in \"Hedges,\" where Yolen's Dickinson depicts her shrubs as \"My soldiers, steady in a row, \/ Their helmets verdigrised by God,\/Wearing epaulettes of crow.\" Overall, though, these poems, illustrations and substantial notes combine well to lend a rounded portrait of this American poet every young reader needs to discover.\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        –Vicky Smith, \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e , November 2012\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \n    \u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        Yolen joins the throng of writers who have celebrated Emily Dickinson with this slim set of 15 sonnets devoted to facets of her life. The selections are constructed in various voices, each identified by the poem's title. In the first five pieces, Emily speaks of the family's brick house, her close relationship with her sister Vinnie, her schooling, her variance with her family's religious beliefs, and the companionship of her dog. The strict poetry pattern, page after page, becomes repetitiously rhythmic, and a few images have a puzzling fit within their poem. Some terms and phrases echo Dickinson's poems, and each sonnet is complemented by an endnote of related biographical information. The other speakers, Vinnie, an anonymous critic, author and mentor Thomas Wentworth Higginson, and Yolen herself along with later pieces by Emily Dickinson, go on to tell of her always dressing in white, her life as a recluse, and her work. Niece Mattie reveals a playful side in the poet's relationship with her brother's children. Kelley's somber, full-page paintings reflect Emily's references to the grim mien of the Dickinson parents and also offer a sense of the poet's contemplative life. Yolen's personal tribute is framed in two concluding poems, a sonnet on Emily Dickinson's still-standing house, and a brief parting poem. The choice of topics and spare lines, along with the added notes, efficiently convey a full sense of Dickinson as person and poet.\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        –Margaret Bush, \u003cem\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/em\u003e , January 2013\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \n    \u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        Poet Jane Yolen has long loved the poems written by Emily Dickinson, and she feels a closeness to Emily even though they live \"two towns and slightly more than fifty years apart.\" In this unique book, Jane Yolen tells Emily's story from six points of view. We hear the \"voices\" of Emily, her sister Vinnie, her niece Mattie, her friend Thomas, an unknown critic, and Jane Yolen herself. The tale begins with Emily telling us how \"cold as winter's core\" her mother was and how close Emily was to her older brother and her younger sister. Both her brother, who \"strove so hard my life to save \/ From drowning in that icy wave,\" and her sister seemed to recognize Emily's sensitive personlity. From Vinnie we hear about how Emily scribbles poetry on \"chance slips\" of paper. In these poems, \"Her perceptions all drawn line by line,\" Emily reveals little parts of herself, but she does not choose to share them with the world. To Emily's niece Mattie, Emily is \"Like Queen Mab who endless reigns, \/ Upon the hillside.\" She is a magical being who is neither an adult nor a child. Emily is the one who spends time with Mattie and the other children, who gives them treats and takes their side. Vinnie is the one who, when Emily is gone, finds Emily's poems and decides that they must be saved and \"published for the ages.\" Adults and children alike will be moved by the power and beauty in these poems. Jane Yolen captures how Emily felt about her own life, and how others felt about her and her incredible gift. We see how Emily chose to live a quiet life without a husband or children, and how much she was loved and admired by those who knew her. We also appreciate why, to so many, her words are a gift, \"a fine embrace.\" At the back of the book Jane Yolen provides her readers with further information about Emily Dickinson's life, her work, and her legacy.\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        –Marya Jansen-Gruber, \u003cem\u003eThrough the Looking Glass\u003c\/em\u003e , November 2012\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-footer\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eAges 11 - 18\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eFiction, 40 pages, 2013\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eISBN \u003cspan class=\"variant-sku\"\u003e978-1-56846-215-8\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Creative Company","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":32577205764177,"sku":"978-1-56846-215-8","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/3432\/0977\/products\/9781568462158.jpg?v=1598826852"},{"product_id":"great-north-woods-the-978-1-56846-275-2","title":"Great North Woods, The","description":"\u003cp\u003e\nIn the northeastern region known as the Great North Woods, day dawns with quivering aspens, waters teem with life, forests prowl with predators, and nature is celebrated in rhyme.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n  \u003cdiv id=\"reviews-container\"\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003eReviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\n    \n    \u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        Budding naturalists will find much to pore over in this attractive picture book. Rhyming text guides the reader from dawn to nightfall in the Great North Woods, an area described on the dust jacket as \"a vast habitat of boreal forest that extends from the eastern Great Lakes, across four northeastern states, and continues into the Canadian province of Quebec.\" Dramatic acrylic paintings dominate each double-page spread. These are not still lifes, but powerful portraits full of energy and movement. The palette of blues, browns, and greens is sometimes broken up by a dash of red as a fox slinks across a moonlit forest floor, or the purple of a swamp thistle. The illustrations are captioned, but often the text is too small to stand out against the page or is simply dwarfed by the paintings. Although young researchers will have to look elsewhere for substantive information about the Great North Woods, the high visual content makes this an excellent book for browsing, allow a peek into a unique ecosystem.\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        –Kara Dean, \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e , 10\/1\/2016\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \n    \u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        Rothman's detailed, realistic, full-bleed acrylic paintings dominate this survey of animal and plant life in the vast area of boreal forest that extends from the eastern Great Lakes across the northeastern U.S. into Quebec. The book is divided into five sections describing the varying habitats of this territory at different times of the day. The paintings provide a minutely observed and scientifically accurate view of the widely varying ecosystems and habitats of both familiar and less well-known species: fish including longnose gar, walleye, and bullhead; mammals including moose, bobcat, star-nosed mole, porcupine, and flying squirrel; birds including owl, raven, and grouse; and trees and plants such as the pitcher plant. The text is composed of couplets and quatrains of occasionally awkward rhyming verse, which sometimes disconcertingly describes animals and events not pictured. Small italicized headings helpfull identify the species featured on each page, although a larger, roman typeface would have aided legibility, and a straightforward prose narrative would better complement the detailed scientific illustrations. In spite of textual shortcomings, this book provides a worthy introduction to an awe-inspiring geographic area that will be unfamiliar to many and may encourage some to get outside and enjoy the woods.\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        –Vicky Smith, \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e , 8\/1\/2016\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \n    \u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        This lyrical introduction to the Great North Woods begins at dawn and continues into night. Rhyming poetry invites readers into the environment, where \"aspens quiver.\" Word selection and art work together, evoking movement while identifying characteristics of flora and fauna. For instance, wolves have \"bristling fur and panting mouths\" as they trot south, the intent look on their faces indicating they are stalking prey. Many of the acrylic paintings are featured in full spreads, the palette shifting from warm, bright hues to cool tones as the day cedes to dusk. The nocturnal scenes are particularly eye-catching, capturing a rare tonal quality of night while providing enough light to view the dynamics of nighttime critters. Although this title is geared toward a younger audience, Heinz doesn't shy away from the reality of nature and uses alliteration to accentuate those moments, for example, \"crayfish crunch\" for a raccoon's late-night snack. Italicized text, offset in minuscule labels, offers minimal description of some of the wildlife on each page but not enough for true informational purposes. Clearly meant as a general introduction to a boreal forest, this is a work to savor for its lavish art and enticing verse. A stirring informational picture book for sharing aloud, this is especially a winner for libraries surrounding the Great Lakes and in the northeastern United States up through Quebec.\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        –Rachel Zuffa, \u003cem\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/em\u003e , 9\/1\/2016\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \n    \u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        It is dawn in the north woods, and the sun is beginning to warm the ground, the plants, and the animals. Bumblebees get to work collecting nectar, a bobcat grooms its fur as it lies in its lair, and the great gray owl folds its banded wings. Water plays a big role in the north woods, where there are lakes and ponds everywhere. Here loons \"trill,\" herons \"stab\" at polliwogs and other creatures, and ducks \"tip their bottoms\" up into the air as they search for food underwater. Under the surface, all kinds of animals swim around, and the fish, in particular gar, walleyes, salmon, and trout, bring anglers to the region \"from near and far.\" Among the trees in the forests, a pack of wolves is on the move. A young moose hears the clan \"on the hunt,\" and he takes refuge in a lake, turning to face his foes with his small rack at the ready. At night, the sun-dappled ground is replaced by moon shadows, and raccoons, voles, owls, moles, deer, and foxes are out and about. Predators seek and prey hide. In this stunning book, a luscious, rhyming text is paired with beautiful, annotated artwork to give young readers a taste of what a north woods environment is like. They will \"meet\" all kinds of animals and get a sense of how special the north woods are.\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\n        –Marya Jansen-Gruber, \u003cem\u003eThrough the Looking Glass Children's Book Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e , 1\/1\/2017\n      \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-footer\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eAges 6 - 10\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eFiction, 32 pages, 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eISBN \u003cspan class=\"variant-sku\"\u003e978-1-56846-275-2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Creative Company","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":32577206452305,"sku":"978-1-56846-275-2","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/3432\/0977\/products\/9781568462752.jpg?v=1598826905"},{"product_id":"universe-is-a-tree-the-978-1-56846-304-9","title":"Universe Is a Tree, The","description":"\u003cp\u003e\nThis collection of stories, proverbs, and poems about trees from around the world reveals that a tree's roots not only go down deep into the earth, but its branches also reach up and out into the universe, connecting us all.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-footer\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eAges 12 - 18\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eFiction, 32 pages, 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eISBN \u003cspan class=\"variant-sku\"\u003e978-1-56846-304-9\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Creative Company","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":32581960958033,"sku":"9781568463049","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/3432\/0977\/products\/9781568463049.jpg?v=1598986892"},{"product_id":"walt-whitman-978-1-60818-329-6","title":"Walt Whitman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\nAn exploration of the life and work of 19th-century American writer Walt Whitman, whose poetry is known for both its passionate celebration of American life and its direct, speechlike style.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n  Part of the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/series-voices-in-poetry\/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVoices in Poetry \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e series \u003ci class=\"caret-right show-series-description\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"series-description-container\" style=\"display: none;\"\u003e\n  Combining biographical profiles with poetry selections, this revised and updated selection of Voices in Poetry highlights the extraordinary lives and talent of some of the world’s most influential poets. 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Nineteenth-century poet Walt Whitman's classic verse employs the language of his day to express the wonder that is timeless, while the surrealistic imagery of James Christopher Carroll's art inspires readers to dive in for a close look.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBank Street's Best Books of the Year 2022 9-12-years-old List –Bank Street College of Education, 2022\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAges 10–18\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoetry, 32 pages, 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN \u003cspan class=\"variant-sku\"\u003e978-1-56846-361-2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"reviews-container\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrator James Christopher Carroll sets a stanza of free verse by Walt Whitman amid dreamlike submarine scenes in “The World Below the Brine”, a picture book for children ages 3 to 7. “Forests at the bottom of the sea, the branches and leaves,” we read as in the illustration a boy who has left his boat disappears into backlit depths, having caught the tip of a mysterious tentacle. Colorful shapes move in the water around him; the feeling is one of wondrous adventure rather than fear or danger. This peaceful, meditative mingling of art and poetry offers young children a pleasant, if enigmatic, acquaintance with one of America’s 19th-century literary greats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e–\u003cem\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, September 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-review-body\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhitman's classic and ageless poem becomes an adventure fantasy featuring a young swimmer clad in shorts and a t-shirt, whose appearance shifts to reflect or enhance a given scene's tone or message. In one spread, the swimmer has jellyfish-like transparency that reflects filtered twilight; in another, the swimmer is a black silhouette exploring deeper, darker waters. The eerily compelling combination of artistic techniques conveys the mystery and wonder of backlit, murky ocean depths. The dynamic and deft visuals mix the fluorescence of black light posters, the childish appeal of black paint and crayon scratch art, and the ethereal power of stained glass. Varying perspectives range from close-ups of the coral-laden ocean floor to a sperm whale spouting water far overhead on distant waves. 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Each line of the poem is illustrated by one or two double-page spreads that both depict the text literally and also convey the mystery and wonder of the natural world that is at the heart of Whitman’s text. Carroll employs varied techniques from one spread to the next: the nebulous forms and blended hues of wet watercolor that depict the bottom of the sea, jellyfish composed of lines so fine they glow electric, an entire ocean patterned with fine swirls reminiscent of Peter Sís’ work. Yet every illustration shares the same haunting eeriness of the deep ocean, a nighttime palette punctuated with explosions of color here or a landscape of colors there. 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