
Limerick Comics
Robert Hoyman(Author)
Robert Hoyman (Publisher)
Published on 2. March 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
34 pages
978-1-7328186-1-3 (ISBN)
Description
Winner of the 2023 Southern California Book Festival
Winner of the 2022 New England Book Festival for Poetry
Winner of the 2021 Feathered Quill Book Awards for Poetry, and Reviewer's Choice Award
Limerick Comics is a rare type of book that manages to educate, entertain, and enchant, all at once. It captures the timeless charm of witty limerick verse and anapest meter, while blending seamlessly with engaging nonfiction. The result is a playful collection that invites young readers to linger on each page to enjoy the humor of hyperbolic imagery, ponder inferences, and view the evocative details of each eye-catching illustrated panel.. It's a joyful reminder that learning can be as imaginative as it is enlightening.
The 32-page book offers a lighthearted original limerick on a diverse range of history and science topics, accompanied by intriguing facts, presented in entertaining comics. For parents, teachers, and librarians the integration of poetry and nonfiction provides educators with endless cross-curricular applications along with a valuable resource for the development of fluency and prosody.
Add this playful book to home, classroom, school or public library collections, and nurture an appreciation of poetry, science, history, civics, and art.
More details
Language
English
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Preschool to First Grade, Interest Age: From 8 to 12 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight
157 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-7328186-1-3 (9781732818613)
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Persons
Robert Hoyman is an award winning teacher whose journey spanned 41 years in classrooms in California, Virginia, and Florida. In the classroom, on the school stage, or on the playground, Robert's primary goal was to make learning FUN. Limerick Comics is his debut book.