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Amy McClure
2 Reviews
(3)
K-3
Poems from around the world describe everyday activities (playing, watching clouds, preparing for bed), helping demonstrate the universality of childhood. Such familiar rhymes as "Ring Around the Rosie" and "Dreidel Song" are included alongside less well-known pieces from Asia, the Middle East, Africa, etc. The translated poems read smoothly. Bucolic illustrations display the nuances of each culture while retaining Chorao's distinctive style.
Reviewer: Amy McClure
(3)
4-6
This collection of mostly free-verse poems celebrates one mother-daughter bond: simple everyday moments like hair-braiding and "ka-lomphing" in Mom's high heels. The lovingly described good times seem bittersweet after the mother's unexpected death, evoking poignantly described feelings of loss. The figures in Smith's textured torn-paper collages lack facial features, leaving room for readers to imagine expressions of love and grief.
Reviewer: Amy McClure
2 reviews
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