Title: His Shoes Were Far Too Tight
Reviewed by: Terese Wylie
Author: Edward Lear
Masterminded by: Daniel Pinkwater
Illustrator: Calef Brown
Publisher: Chronical Books LLC
Year of Publication: 2011
Genre: Poetry
Horn Book Review: 3
Summary: This collection of nonsensical poetry contains tales such as "The Owl And The Pussycat" which tells the story of an owl and a cat who fall in love after the cat is serenaded by the owl. However, the last poem in the back, titled "Nonsense Alphabet" will have your classroom or children at home.
Summary of Horn Book Review: With it's brief introduction written by Pinkwater, both he and Brown decided to compile the works and "pay homage" to "the sultan of silliness" Edward Lear. With it's folk-art style of illustrations made by Brown, the exuberance of Lear is finally brought to life.
Review by Terese Wylie: With humor falling from every page no reader cannot close this book without a smile on their face. With his exuberant imagination Lear has written poems that many of us could never imagine. At the end of the book is a poem called "Nonsense Alphabet" that ties the collection together and makes it sound complete. Brown's illustrations also add to the nonsensical sense of the book, with his mix of folk-art and Picasso-esque picture bring the poems to life.
His Shoes Were Too Tight can be used in many lessons, such as using the "Nonsense Alphabet" as a way for your child or students to learn letter sounds. Other poems in the book, such as "The Owl And The Pussycat" can be set to music and made into songs.
Author: Edward Lear
Masterminded by: Daniel Pinkwater
Illustrator: Calef Brown
Publisher: Chronical Books LLC
Year of Publication: 2011
Genre: Poetry
Horn Book Review: 3
Summary: This collection of nonsensical poetry contains tales such as "The Owl And The Pussycat" which tells the story of an owl and a cat who fall in love after the cat is serenaded by the owl. However, the last poem in the back, titled "Nonsense Alphabet" will have your classroom or children at home.
Summary of Horn Book Review: With it's brief introduction written by Pinkwater, both he and Brown decided to compile the works and "pay homage" to "the sultan of silliness" Edward Lear. With it's folk-art style of illustrations made by Brown, the exuberance of Lear is finally brought to life.
Review by Terese Wylie: With humor falling from every page no reader cannot close this book without a smile on their face. With his exuberant imagination Lear has written poems that many of us could never imagine. At the end of the book is a poem called "Nonsense Alphabet" that ties the collection together and makes it sound complete. Brown's illustrations also add to the nonsensical sense of the book, with his mix of folk-art and Picasso-esque picture bring the poems to life.
His Shoes Were Too Tight can be used in many lessons, such as using the "Nonsense Alphabet" as a way for your child or students to learn letter sounds. Other poems in the book, such as "The Owl And The Pussycat" can be set to music and made into songs.