A review by turrean
Big Talk: Poems for Four Voices by Beppe Giacobbe, Paul Fleischman

4.0

This would be marvelous for groups of students to perform. Speakers say the words in a particular color band across the pages, and all together, four speakers perform Fleischman's "word music." The only quibble I have is that the bright colors and illustration style seemed to call for a slightly younger audience than the text level and topics (ghosts watching a family eat, and a "7th Grade Soap Opera" poem on sneaking out of the house and shoplifting). Would be great to perform with grades four and up, for kids who have outgrown Hoberman's "I'll Read to You, You Read to Me" series.