num_pages: 48
description: Even kids who don’t know they like poetry will love this playful, visually accessible collection of thirty concrete poems—illustrated by a Caldecott Honor artist!Concrete poems startle and delight the eye and mind. The size and arrangement of words—or even just letters on the page can add or alter meaning, and poems can take the shape of crows and fly off the page. Or become a balloon filled with rhyme drifting away from outstretched hands. Or fourteen exuberant lines can become "Joy Sonnet in a Random Universe." Here in a single extraordinary volume are thirty poems from some of the world’s finest visual poets, including John Hollander, Emmett Williams, Maureen W. Armour, and Douglas Florian—a spirited "poke in the I" brought to you by the very talented Paul B. Janeczko and Chris Raschka.
language: English
title: A Poke in the I: A Collection of Concrete Poems
titlecomplete: A Poke in the I: A Collection of Concrete Poems
genres: Cultural, 2nd Grade, Picture Books, Poetry, Nonfiction, Humor, Middle Grade, Childrens
ratings_count: 599
publisher: Candlewick Press