Description: Dillon, Leo, and Dillon, Diane. Good. No dust jacket. A moderate amount of wear on Cover and interior pages. (W3) Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 48 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Description: Dillon, Leo, and Dillon, Diane. Good in good dust jacket. Ex) Library Copy. Moderate wear on Cover/Interior Pages. Usual library markings. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 48 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780064430975ISBN:0064430979
Description: Good. 42-V This Copy States 'Copyright 1978 Books rated "Good" may have some notes, underlining, or highlighting. These books also may contain the previous owner's name, stamp, sticker, or gift inscription, or may be library discards. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Dillon, Leo, and Dillon, Diane. Good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 48 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Description: Very Good. 0064430979 Condition: VERY GOOD. (Book may have one or a combination of the following characteristics: former library book, cover wear, name written inside cover, light underlining/highlighting, remainder mark, etc. Overall, the book is in solid shape. This is a blanket description. Please email us if you require a specific, detailed description of the book condition. We will typically respond within one week of your request). read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Harper, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780064430975ISBN:0064430979
Description: Diane and Leo Dillon. Good. No Jacket. Reading Rainbow Book. Ex-library Clean, tight copy, cover is sealed with clear film, library marks and pocket i/s front cover and half-title otherwise unmarked. quick ship BL. read more
Description: Dillon, Leo, and Dillon, Diane. Good. No dust jacket. Hardcover former library book in good condition, Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 48 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
"This book contains illustrations and references that are classic 70s. However, there is a timelessness to the poems that will take the reader right back to their own childhood."
"This collection of poetry written by Eloise Greenfield set out to, "elicit a new appreciation of the rich content of everyday life" and I think it did just that. For example, in the poem "Things," the author's main idea is that out of all of the material things the narrator interacts with in a day, the poem they write is the only thing that will last the test of time. What a powerful message for young people about their writing! Greenfield's insight into the minds of African American children speaks to readers who are not black, giving them positive representations of self pride, family and community from the culture. I was immediately drawn to all of the alliteration in the piece, "Riding on the Train." Greenfield writes, "fences and fields, barns and bridges, stations and stores, trees, other trains..." You can't help but to be caught in the rhythm of the reading. On the next page, the word "sleepy" creatively trails to the bottom of the page, with one letter on each line. The form visually offers reading the sensation of drifting away. I also wanted to note the jump-rope rhyme entitled, "Rope Rhyme." Reading this example had me not only physically bobbing my head, as if to be jumping along with the author, but taking me back to a sidewalk outside my elementary school, where my classmates and I composed our first poems in the same way as this Greenfield did here. This consideration makes me want to reveal to young children just how capable of writing poetry they really are. Many are doing it on the playground every day! As I read through the collection, I found myself not only tapping my toe to follow the written rhythm but creating a voice to read aloud in the dialect the author had given its narrator. Being that the characters were so understandable, I felt comfortable reading the words out loud in a voice different from my own. Before I finish my review, I must comment on the amazing illustrations created by Diane and Leo Dillon. Absolutely breath-taking characters in black and white shine brightly off of each page. The beautiful images really contribute to Greenfield's writing."
"This is a wonderful book of poetry! I use it in my classroom every year when we start talking about how we should "show, not tell," during our daily Writing Workshop."
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