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Because I Could Not Stop My Bike by Karen Jo Shapiro

turrean's review

3.0

Reading lots of poetry for April. The drawings verge on caricature. The poems themselves are successful in two ways: either because you like the original, and smile at the "adaptation," or because the new words succeed all on their own. Kids young enough to enjoy the silliness of "Because I Could Not Stop My Bike" are unlikely to be familiar with the Dickinson original, much less "To His Coy Mistress" or "Annabel Lee," but the grownups will certainly smile.