Poetry Friday is hosted today by Teacher Dance.
For Poetry Friday -- "Your Skeleton Is Showing: rhymes of blunder from six feet under" written by Kurt Cyrus with illustrations by Crab
Scrambly.
A
search through a cemetery for a ghost-dog's owner leads a boy on an adventure
of discovery as each passing headstone reveals a cautionary tale or a history
of the deceased. Who knew nose-picking
could be fatal?
The
verses vary from silly to grim providing just enough of the "ick"
factor to make them appealing for readers delighted by the morbid and
ridiculous. There's even a touch of
mystery as the reader is challenged by a
verse to answer the question "Who is laid below? / Mysterious letters mark
the stone: / EIEIO."
Scrambly's art puts
me in mind of Tim Burton, but with a softer and more humorous sensibility. Other
reviewers have likened Scrambly's art to the work of Edward Gorey.
1 comment:
The book looks just funny, Janet, & will be fun for some middle-grade students I know. FYI-you didn't link up with the Inlinkz, so I'll try to do it for you. Be sure to check back! Happy Halloween!
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