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kelleemoye's review
4.0
Perfect for classrooms writing or studying poetry.
Perfect as a fun classroom activity.
Perfect for kids who love nonsense, fun, advice poetry.
Perfectly beautiful.
Perfect as a fun classroom activity.
Perfect for kids who love nonsense, fun, advice poetry.
Perfectly beautiful.
leeza_robertson_writes's review
3.0
This was a fun and quirky book on creativity and how to make something out of seemingly nothing. I really like this approach of taking the minds ramblings and polishing them into diamonds. Even though this is short and written in a fast-paced wacky kind of way, there are some really good lessons in the text about listening, expressing and refining one's ideas, thoughts and writing. I also think the idea of Jabberwalking would be fabulous when one is faced with writer's block as I can see how it would shift the focus of the mind away from the problem and allow a new door for the solution to walk through. I would recommend this book to all creative people, especially those who are disciples of the Artists way.
bog_elfin's review
5.0
I gave this book to my sister for her elementary school students, but I couldn't resist reading it myself, and I am in awe. Herrera's kooky poetics drew me in immediately, and I read the whole thing straight through. I can't wait to start jabberwalking!
backonthealex's review
4.0
This is the perfect book to pair with Sydell Rosenberg's H is for Haiku, because what is jabberwalking other than writing, drawing, journaling and walking at the same time as you "burble" what you see around you: "Scribble what you see/Scribble what you hear/ Scribble out the electric Jabber worms crawling out of you head & eyes/Scribble what that dude skating is hollering/Scribble everything that goes on in the cafeteria/Scribble what all the teachers say in the halls... According to Herrera, if we follow this method, we can all be poets, even the least poetic among us. Inspired by Lewis Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky," Herrera includes some of the words that Carroll made up for his work, and gives them new meaning, for example, a burble = a poem. Herrera divides this book into 15 instructional chapters, the content of which zigs and zags over the pages, accompanied by his drawings, and though seeming to be as nonsensical as Carroll's poem at first, they actually provide the reader with inspiration and instruction. My Kiddo came home for the holidays before heading off the China again, and announced that she was now experimenting with writing poetry. So, I gave Jabberwalking to her to see what she thought about it. Well, long story short, she loved it and won't give it back, she says she has put on her "Jabber Booots" and plans to jabberwalk in China. Need I say more about this unique book?
rainbowbookworm's review
5.0
Lewis Carroll’s inspiration is undeniable in this book which is part story, part handbook, and packed with nonsensical words and phrases.
amdame1's review
2.0
Poet laureate has written a book about how to create a poem while writing and walking It's very artsy and creative. There are some doodles. It's short and snappy (mostly). There are some longer reflective passages. I think it's very niche audience. Definitely not in my personal wheelhouse.
tashrow's review against another edition
4.0
From the first Mexican-American Poet Laureate of the United States comes this call to become a person who can write and walk at the same time. It’s a book that demands that you record your thoughts, messy and wild and raw. That you use documents to find words, that you draw ideas while on airplanes, that you walk a lot, think a lot, write a lot. That you embrace the voice that is inside you and create. Whatever that creation looks like in all of its “fuzzy, puffy, blue-cheesy, incandescent, brave Jabber!”
Looking for a straight-forward and rule based book on being a writer or creative person? This is not the book you are looking for! Instead this is a book that shows raw creativity, using inspiration from Lewis Carroll and the Jabberwocky, this is a book filled with emotion, encouragement, and acceptance about the way that our human brains work best when creating. It invites readers into a playful world where words are toys, content is loose, and ideas flow freely.
The writing here could initially be seen as too loose and raw. But as you read more and more of the book there is a gorgeous continuum of content throughout the chapters. Soon blue-cheesy starts to make sense and jabberwalking is all you want to do for awhile to see what comes out of your brain too.
Inspiring and incredibly joyous, this book about writing is entirely unexpected. Appropriate for ages 9-12.
Looking for a straight-forward and rule based book on being a writer or creative person? This is not the book you are looking for! Instead this is a book that shows raw creativity, using inspiration from Lewis Carroll and the Jabberwocky, this is a book filled with emotion, encouragement, and acceptance about the way that our human brains work best when creating. It invites readers into a playful world where words are toys, content is loose, and ideas flow freely.
The writing here could initially be seen as too loose and raw. But as you read more and more of the book there is a gorgeous continuum of content throughout the chapters. Soon blue-cheesy starts to make sense and jabberwalking is all you want to do for awhile to see what comes out of your brain too.
Inspiring and incredibly joyous, this book about writing is entirely unexpected. Appropriate for ages 9-12.
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