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mat_tobin's review
4.0
A lovely bite-sized anthology of poetry from Joseph Coelho and illustrated by Daniel Gray-Barnett. Poems Aloud celebrates the fact that poems are there, for the most part, to be performed and the book suggests a range of methods and approaches in which to do so. From riddles to tongue twisters, Coelho - pitching at a child reader but which teachers/parents would benefit from - invites a range of approaches in which to perform each poetic device.
Gray-Barnett's illustrations burst with energy and makes the most of the generous space and size afforded to him by the size of the book - image and word share an equal space here rather than pictures squeezing around the text's border. All in all enjoyable - I just wanted more poems.
Gray-Barnett's illustrations burst with energy and makes the most of the generous space and size afforded to him by the size of the book - image and word share an equal space here rather than pictures squeezing around the text's border. All in all enjoyable - I just wanted more poems.
bargainandbooks's review
4.0
This is such a fun book. All of the poems were fun and had beautiful illustrations to go along with them. There were poems written in so many different styles. Not only are you enjoying a poem, you’re learning about different types of poetry.
storytellersbymarlou's review
3.0
This book was provided to me by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review
What a wonderful way to showcase all of these cute poems!
Writing: The poems were decent. Not all very good, but I'm not a lover of poetry per se. Children will love these little poems and parents won't mind reading them I'm sure.
Illustrations: The art was incredibly cute. Every poem got its own art that has something to do with the theme of the poem. It was really tastefully done. My favorite art piece was on the page of the poem The Bear. I love me some good sunset colors.
This book gets three stars from me, because I didn't enjoy all of the poems and some of the art wasn't as popping as the rest which didn't make the book feel as a whole.
What a wonderful way to showcase all of these cute poems!
Writing: The poems were decent. Not all very good, but I'm not a lover of poetry per se. Children will love these little poems and parents won't mind reading them I'm sure.
Illustrations: The art was incredibly cute. Every poem got its own art that has something to do with the theme of the poem. It was really tastefully done. My favorite art piece was on the page of the poem The Bear. I love me some good sunset colors.
This book gets three stars from me, because I didn't enjoy all of the poems and some of the art wasn't as popping as the rest which didn't make the book feel as a whole.
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