Book
Bookspeak! : poems about books
Record details
- ISBN: 0547223005
- ISBN: 9780547223001 (hardcover)
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Physical Description:
[32] pages : color illustrations ; 26 x 28 cm
print - Publisher: Boston : Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, [2011]
- Copyright: ©2011
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "The illustrations in this book were done in mixed media"--Verso title-page. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Calling all readers -- Skywriting -- If a tree falls -- A character pleads for his life -- Top secret -- On the shelf and under the bed -- Index -- Paper sky -- Cliffhanger -- The sky is falling -- Written in snow -- Book plate -- Hydrophobiac -- I've got this covered -- Picture this -- Conflicted -- The middle's lament: a poem for three voices -- This is the book -- Lights out at the bookstore -- Vacation time! -- The end. |
| Awards Note: | Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year (2012); National Council of Teachers of English--NCTE--Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts (2012). |
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| Subject: | American poetry Children's poetry, American |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Covington Branch | J 811.6 Sala (Text) | 33126016967121 | JNonfiction | Available | - |
| Independence Branch | J 811.6 Sala (Text) | 33126018342299 | JNonfiction | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Presents a series of poems which pay tribute to the limitless worlds available through books, as characters plead for sequels, strut fancy jackets, and have a raucous party in the aisles after a bookstore closes for the night. - Baker & Taylor
The author ofStampede! presents a latest collection of wacky poems while paying tribute to the limitless worlds available through books, in a volume in which books and characters plead for sequels, strut fancy jackets and have a raucous party in the aisles after a bookstore closes for the night. 25,000 first printing. - HARPERCOLL
A collection of wacky, whimsical poems about books and all the treasures they contain.
Laura Purdie Salas, the acclaimed author of Stampede!, is back with another collection of wild and weird, wacky and winsome poems about all the magic to be found on a single bookshelf. In BookSpeak!, each poem gives voice to a group that seldom gets a voice . . . the books themselves! Characters plead for sequels, book jackets strut their stuff, and we get a sneak peek at the raucous parties in the aisles when all the lights go out at the bookstore!Illustrator Josée Bisaillonâs mixture of collage, drawings, and digital montage presents page after page of richly colored spreads filled with action and charm. Together, Salas and Bisaillon deliver a unique collection brimming with ideas as much about spines and dust jackets as they are about adventure and imagination. - Houghton
A collection of wacky, whimsical poems about books and all the treasures they contain.
Laura Purdie Salas, the acclaimed author of Stampede!, is back with another collection of wild and weird, wacky and winsome poems about all the magic to be found on a single bookshelf. In BookSpeak!, each poem gives voice to a group that seldom gets a voice . . . the books themselves! Characters plead for sequels, book jackets strut their stuff, and we get a sneak peek at the raucous parties in the aisles when all the lights go out at the bookstore!Illustrator Josée Bisaillon’s mixture of collage, drawings, and digital montage presents page after page of richly colored spreads filled with action and charm. Together, Salas and Bisaillon deliver a unique collection brimming with ideas as much about spines and dust jackets as they are about adventure and imagination. - HoughtonA collection of wacky, whimsical poems about books and all the treasures they contain.