![]() "A cute name's not O.K.") and the two have back-and-forth chats about life. ![]() He names him Thinker ("I'm deep and I'm a poet," the dog warns. A boy named Jace becomes the dog's owner. ![]() Coretta Scott King Award-winner Greenfield sensitively conveys Jace's anxiety about being perceived as different, and his realization that being true to one's self is the best bet-for kids and dog poets, too." - Publishers Weekly, "In this charming book of linked poems - the story of a pup who speaks, but only in verse - the distinguished children's poet Greenfield glides gracefully between rhyme, free verse, haiku and rap. ![]() "Abdollahi's bright collages of handmade and hand-colored paper show Thinker with his joyful, brown-skinned family, in a welcome addition to the too-small canon of lighthearted animal fantasy (and poetry) featuring children of color." - Horn Book Magazine, "Abdollahi illustrates in evocative collage using handmade paper, capturing the feel of Jace's bustling community. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |