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Young, Ed

Should You Be a River: A Poem About Love

32 pp. | Little | April, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-316-23089-6 $18.00
(4) K-3 Young compares the power of love to the powers found in nature throughout this poem. Although each couplet recalls The Runaway Bunny, the sentiments feel more suited to an older audience: "should you be a gentle wave, I'll wait for you to lap my shores." The torn-paper and nature-photograph collage illustrations are striking; a deeply personal author's note makes the connection between love and loss.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

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