BOOK: POETRY, PICTURE BOOK (ages 8-11)
Brief Description: Each spread in this gorgeously illustrated book includes a short poem written about a fairy tale paired with an "opposite" poem, that is, the lines of the poem are inverted which makes the meaning of the fairy sometimes quite different with the only changes being punctuation and capitalization.
Awards: 2010 Cybils Award (poetry division)
Personal Opinion: A brilliant picture book that I found rather sophisticated. Younger readers will enjoy it, but older readers will appreciate the nuances in the inversions. Josee Masse's illustrations are gorgeous and perfectly paired with the text. I may have to read these again as I read them trying to figure out how they would change rather than just enjoying the single poems individually!
Curriculum/Programming: Story time focused on a fairy tales could feature both the original fairy tale, a fractured version of the fairy tale, and the corresponding Singer poem.
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