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Joyful Noise (Paperback)

By: Paul Fleischman (Author) and Eric Beddows (Illustrator)

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"Fleischman steps imaginatively inside each insect and in fine, free verse gives that creature's own point of view on its unique qualities, life cycles and habits."

"This marvelous, lyrical evocation of the insect world demands accolades...Each selection is a gem, polished to perfection."

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Saps rising/Ground's warming

Publisher's note

Written to be read aloud by two voices--sometimes alternating, sometimes simultaneous--here is a collection of irresistible poems that celebrate the insect world, from the short life of the mayfly to the love song of the book louse. Funny, sad, loud, and quiet, each of these poems resounds with a booming, boisterous, joyful noise.

In this remarkable volume of poetry for two voices, a companion to I Am Phoenix,Paul Fleischman verbally re-creates the "Booming/boisterios/joyful noise" of insects. The poems resound with the pulse of the cicada and the drone of the honeybee. Eric Beddows's vibrant drawings send each insect soaring, spinning, or creeping off the page in its own unique way.

Paul Fleischman has created not only a clear and fascinating guide to the insect world--from chrysalid butterflies to whirligig beetles--but an exultant celebration of life.

Winner, 1989 Newbery Medal
Notable Children's Books of 1988 (ALA)
1988 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA)
1988 Boston Globe?Horn Book Award Honor Book for Fiction/Poetry
1989 Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book)
1988 Notable Trade Books in the Language Arts (NCTE)
Children's Books of 1988 (Library of Congress)
1988 Books for the Teen Age (NY Public Library)
100 Books for Reading and Sharing (NY Public Library)

Written to be read aloud by two voices, here are poems--funny, sad, loud, and quiet--that resound with a booming, boisterous, joyful noise. "This marvelous, lyrical evocation of the insect world demands accolades. . . . There are 14 poems in the handsomely designed volume, with wonderfully interpretive illustrations. Each selection is a gem, polished to perfection".--The Horn Book. Newbery Award; ALA Notable Children's Book; ALA Best Book for Young Adults.

Annotation

This is a collection of 14 poems about insects. Included are poems about mayflies, lice, fireflies, and honeybees, all of which were written to be read aloud in antiphonal voices, sometimes separate, sometimes together or overlapping. Fleischman evokes both humor and pathos in this innovative collection. Winner of the 1989 Newbery Medal.

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