Poetry Friday Roundup is hosted today by The Writer's Armchair with Toby Speed.
My selection is "City kids: street & skyscraper rhymes" by X.J. Kennedy with illustrations by Philippe Beha.
Award-winning poet X.J. Kennedy examines urban life in this mostly exuberant collection of child-friendly verses. His poetry is short and engaging and explores city life through places, experiences and characters. Subways, laundromats, museums, zoos, pollution, crime, street performers, a firefighter lost on 9/11, and the Leaflet Man all receive attention. Beha's colorful cubist style artwork complements the text's alternating intensity and light-heartedness.
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