Hi, Koo!: A Year of Seasons
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (848 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0545166683 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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our favorite passage. Bought this for a 2 year old. It was short enough for her attention span while keeping the reader interested. "Warm soft cookies".our favorite passage.. Form, function, feeling E. R. Bird I have a colleague who is mighty careful when it comes to haiku. She’s Japanese-American herself, and one thing she simply cannot stand is when someone takes a set of words, slaps them into five/seven/five syllable lines, and then calls the result “a haiku”. Traditional haiku focuses on nature and how we, as humans, relate to it. So what happens when 5/7/5 gets taken out of the equation entirely? Author/illustrator Jon J. Muth is no stranger to children’s picture books that challenge the reader. And though he’s written many a book touching on. "Amazing introduction to haiku for kids" according to EaH. My Amazing introduction to haiku for kids EaH My 4 year old loves this book. I am so glad I found it. We got it 4 days ago, and she has asked to read it at bed each night.She finds the poems (and drawings) funny. I also have been surprised that after the first night of reading this, my daughter had some of the haiku in her memory.I find the poems really capture the feelings with seasons well. The poems are short and really capture a "moment".Also a cute feature, each haiku has one letter capitalized as you work through the alphabet. This is especially age appropriate for my daughter and a fun game for her to find the. year old loves this book. I am so glad I found it. We got it Amazing introduction to haiku for kids EaH My 4 year old loves this book. I am so glad I found it. We got it 4 days ago, and she has asked to read it at bed each night.She finds the poems (and drawings) funny. I also have been surprised that after the first night of reading this, my daughter had some of the haiku in her memory.I find the poems really capture the feelings with seasons well. The poems are short and really capture a "moment".Also a cute feature, each haiku has one letter capitalized as you work through the alphabet. This is especially age appropriate for my daughter and a fun game for her to find the. days ago, and she has asked to read it at bed each night.She finds the poems (and drawings) funny. I also have been surprised that after the first night of reading this, my daughter had some of the haiku in her memory.I find the poems really capture the feelings with seasons well. The poems are short and really capture a "moment".Also a cute feature, each haiku has one letter capitalized as you work through the alphabet. This is especially age appropriate for my daughter and a fun game for her to find the
From School Library Journal K-Gr 4—Muth, in his author's note, says "haiku is like an instant captured in words." Indeed, that is evident in 26 poems depicting images across four seasons, starting with fall. In the spring, birds alight on Koo, the girl, and on a branch held by the boy: "Quiet and still/long enough/for birds to make nests?" The color palette for the contemplative watercolors changes through the seasons, with a red-striped scarf and cardinal contrasting against the panda and the white snow. Ranelli, Queen Anne's County Free Library, Stevensville, MD . Even readers who are not typically interested in poetry will be captivated by Muth's artistry in both words and images.—Julie R. Muth's well-known panda, Koo, is depicted on a white background with just a touch of blue sky, looking up at swirling leaves: "Autumn/are you dreaming /of new clothes?" Koo, who begins alone,
Caldecott Honoree and NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author/artist Jon J Muth takes a fresh and exciting new look at the four seasons!Eating warm cookies on a cold day is easy water catchesevery thrown stone skip skip splashWith a featherlight touch and disarming charm, Jon J Muth--and his delightful little panda bear, Koo--challenge readers to stretch their minds and imaginations with twenty-six haikus about the four seasons.