The Kids' Magnetic Poetry |
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| Author:
| Kapell, Dave
Steenland, Sally |
| Foreword by:
| Viorst, Judith |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7611-1357-7 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1998 |
| Publisher: | Workman Publishing Company, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $16.95 |
Book Description:
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Discover the mind-popping pleasure of poetry. Draw pictures with words, feel the music of a sentence, and learn to look at life with a mental squint. There's the poet's toolbox, with a little alliteration and the oomph of onomatopoeia, metaphor, simile, and to rhyme or not to rhyme. Game poems for groups--scramble poems, 'go 'round poems, automatic poems, and jigsaw poems--and the exotic classics--haiku, tankas, lunes, and lanterns. Plus getting the creative juices...
More DescriptionDiscover the mind-popping pleasure of poetry. Draw pictures with words, feel the music of a sentence, and learn to look at life with a mental squint.
There's the poet's toolbox, with a little alliteration and the oomph of onomatopoeia, metaphor, simile, and to rhyme or not to rhyme. Game poems for groups--scramble poems, 'go 'round poems, automatic poems, and jigsaw poems--and the exotic classics--haiku, tankas, lunes, and lanterns. Plus getting the creative juices flowing, whether writing about your deepest feelings, secrets, and fears, or composing an ode to a favorite T-shirt.
With word tiles and composition board included, it's the book of instant fun.