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Echo Echo: Reverso Poems about the Greek Myths
Marilyn Singer
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Description for Echo Echo: Reverso Poems about the Greek Myths
Hardback. Marilyn Singer has created yet another collection of her ingenious reverso poems, this time holding up the mirror to classical Greek myths. Each tale is told in a single poem that, when read in reverse, reveals another meaning. Num Pages: 32 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: YDP. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 266 x 263 x 11. Weight in Grams: 420.
Marilyn Singer has created yet another collection of her ingenious reverso poems, this time holding up the mirror to classical Greek myths. Each tale is told in a single poem that, when read in reverse, reveals another meaning. As with Mirror Mirror and Follow Follow readers will delight in uncovering the dual points of view in well-known legends such as Pandora's Box and Echo and Narcissus, among others. Thoughtful explanatory notes about the original myths accompany each poem, and acclaimed artist Josee Masse's clever paintings-these in sun-drenched Mediterranean hues-contribute beauty plus visual meaning.
Marilyn Singer has created yet another collection of her ingenious reverso poems, this time holding up the mirror to classical Greek myths. Each tale is told in a single poem that, when read in reverse, reveals another meaning. As with Mirror Mirror and Follow Follow readers will delight in uncovering the dual points of view in well-known legends such as Pandora's Box and Echo and Narcissus, among others. Thoughtful explanatory notes about the original myths accompany each poem, and acclaimed artist Josee Masse's clever paintings-these in sun-drenched Mediterranean hues-contribute beauty plus visual meaning.
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
420g
Number of Pages
32
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780803739925
SKU
V9780803739925
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Ref
99-15
About Marilyn Singer
Marilyn Singer is an award-winning author of more than 90 children's books in a wide variety of genres. Jos e Masse is a recognized artist in her native Canada, having illustrated numerous French and American picture books.
Reviews for Echo Echo: Reverso Poems about the Greek Myths
A New York Public Library Best of the Year pick An SLJ Best Book of the Year A Nerdy Book Club Award winner
Another inventive exploration of stories readers thought they knew.
Publishers Weekly
A witty, seductive pairing of poetic imagination and artistic vision.
School Library Journal A visual and interpretive feast bringing timeless tales to a young audience.
Kirkus Reviews A wonderful addition to poetry collections andaccompaniment for the myths.
Booklist Marilyn Singer's ingenious 'reverso' poems are child-friendly feats of verbal pyrotechnics
The New York Times The perfect supplement or introduction to Pandora, King Midas, Icarus, and the rest of the bunch of fantastically flawed gods, monsters, and mortals...easy and rewarding to read.
The Boston Globe Delightful...vivid, glowing.
The Wall Street Journal Mythology and Western civ curricula will grab greedily for this one.
BCCB
Another inventive exploration of stories readers thought they knew.
Publishers Weekly
A witty, seductive pairing of poetic imagination and artistic vision.
School Library Journal A visual and interpretive feast bringing timeless tales to a young audience.
Kirkus Reviews A wonderful addition to poetry collections andaccompaniment for the myths.
Booklist Marilyn Singer's ingenious 'reverso' poems are child-friendly feats of verbal pyrotechnics
The New York Times The perfect supplement or introduction to Pandora, King Midas, Icarus, and the rest of the bunch of fantastically flawed gods, monsters, and mortals...easy and rewarding to read.
The Boston Globe Delightful...vivid, glowing.
The Wall Street Journal Mythology and Western civ curricula will grab greedily for this one.
BCCB