2019, Harper
HC$17.99
36 pgs. - one opens out to a double spread, and one is smaller, inserted into the middle
Goodreads rating: 3.79 - 1824 ratings
My rating: 3
Endpapers:startling bright neon pink
Endpapers:startling bright neon pink
1st line/s: see below
My comments: This book is a poem, using a clementine orange as a metaphor. It's really quite lovely. And I love, love, love Melissa Sweet. However, the poem got totally lost in these illustrations. I could barely read the words myself, let along having a child try to read it. It's too busy, and almost too bright, though I do love the vibrancy AND the collages, but not with this text in this book, too much is too much.
Goodreads: Find a tree—a
black tupelo or
dawn redwood will do—and
plant yourself.
(It’s okay if you prefer a stoop, like Langston Hughes.)
With these words, an adventure begins. Kwame Alexander’s poetry and Melissa Sweet’s artwork come together to take readers on a journey between the pages of a book.
black tupelo or
dawn redwood will do—and
plant yourself.
(It’s okay if you prefer a stoop, like Langston Hughes.)
With these words, an adventure begins. Kwame Alexander’s poetry and Melissa Sweet’s artwork come together to take readers on a journey between the pages of a book.
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