(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Istvan Banyai. Park presents twenty-seven sijo (traditional humorous and/or ironic three-line Korean poetry) about seasons, home, and school. Her poems go beyond culture and personal sensibility and strike at common human experience. Banyai's illustrations enhance the collection with an extra element of wit and imaginative freedom; he staves off sentiment with retro-style cartoons, carefree lines, and playful interpretations of the verbal text.

Reviewer: Deirdre F. Baker | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2007

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Istvan Banyai. Pen-and-ink illustrations with an antic spirit illustrate a batch of previously unpublished poems for children by the American literary giant Carl Sandburg. The nineteen brief verses present ordinary objects--eggs, ears, buttons, pencils, and chairs--in a fresh, quirky manner. Sandburg's poems remind us that the obvious is worth revisiting and the world's imponderables are worth pondering.

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute