Written by: Robert Heidbreder
Illustrated by: Lori Joy Smith
Published by: Kids Can Press
Published on: September 1, 2012
Ages: 4+
Provided by the publisher for review through NetGalley. All opinions are my own.
It's been so long since I
blogged my list of the best picture
books of 2012- it's been a long time since I took such a long break
from blogging, and I missed it! We had a great Christmas and now we are in the
Japanese holiday season- a long stretch of winter holidays over New Year's,
which has the food and family of Christmas in the west. We are lucky that we
get both but it's a little overwhelming!
My son who has the best
immune system of anyone I've ever met and who has never missed a day of
kindergarten for sickness in 3 years, got sick immediately after hospitals and
clinics closed for the New Year's holiday. "Hospitals close?" I can
hear you non-Japanese residents saying in disbelief. Yes. There is a system in
my city of one of each type of clinic being open on a holiday, at least. But
still, it's a bad time of year to be ill. Plus I need to keep lovely
daughter away from him so she went on her first sleepover and has been
relegated to being stuck outside for the last week. Lucky duck!
To bring the outdoors in
to my son I read this lovely book of poems. We have been Robert Heidbreder fans
since reading Drumheller Dinosaur Dance,
which we loved for its movement-inspiring rhythms.
Noisy Poems for a Busy
Day captures that joy of action as well as the wonder of even the most humble of
every day actions such as teeth brushing. My favourite poem in the collection,
Cloud Watch, is about doing nothing but staring at the sky.
Heidbreder brings us
through a typical preschooler's day, from morning to bedtime, stopping at all
the fun parts of the day. My children liked the poem Dinner Time best- I'm sure
you can see why!
Scrunchy munch-up. /Sloppy slurp. /Swibble down. /Big
belch-BURP!/ "What do you say?"/ "Excuse me!"
Lori Joy Smith's
mouthless children are adorable and her backgrounds, especially the lovely
clouds, bring a perfect sense of whimsy to this book of verse.
This is my contribution
to Poetry Friday, being hosted this week by Radio, Rhythm,
and Rhyme.
Cloud Watch sounds like so much fun. An activity I sorely miss. Gone were those carefree beautiful days. :) Will look out for this book in our libraries.
ReplyDeleteI miss those days too! Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteI have insta-love based on the cover alone. This sounds like an amazing and fun book of poetry.
ReplyDeleteHope your little one is feeling better!
He is, thanks Madigan!
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