A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms Contributor(s): Janeczko, Paul B. (Compiled by), Raschka, Chris (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0763606626 ISBN-13: 9780763606626 Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA) OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2005 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Acclaimed poetry anthologist Janeczko and Caldecott Honor illustrator Raschka present lively examples of 29 poetic forms, demonstrating not only the (sometimes bendable) rules of poetry, but also the spirit that brings these forms so wonderfully to life. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry - General |
Dewey: 811.008 |
LCCN: 2004048508 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 10.06" W x 9.98" (1.25 lbs) 64 pages |
Themes: - Catalog Heading - Poetry - Curriculum Strand - Language Arts |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 86581 Reading Level: 6.0 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: From the simplest couplet to the mind-boggling pantoum, the award-winning team behind A POKE IN THE I shows us the many fascinating ways poetic forms take shape. Please Open this book for something Extraordinary. Twenty-nine different poetic forms await you Inside these pages. How many Can you master? From sonnets to double dactyls, Odes to limericks-- Raschka and Janeczko (and a frisky mule) Make learning the rules of poetry So much fun In this splendid and playful volume, acclaimed poetry anthologist Paul B. Janeczko and Caldecott Honor illustrator Chris Raschka present lively examples of twenty-nine poetic forms, demonstrating not only the (sometimes bendable) rules of poetry, but also the spirit that brings these forms so wonderfully to life. Featuring formal poems, some familiar and some never before published, from the likes of Eleanor Farjeon (aubade), X. J. Kennedy (elegy), Ogden Nash (couplet), Liz Rosenberg (pantoum), and William Shakespeare, the sonnet king himself, A KICK IN THE HEAD perfectly illustrates Robert Frost's maxim that poetry without rules is like a tennis match without a net. |