Echo Echo
Reverso Poems About Greek Myths
Published on 16. February 2016
Book
Hardback
32 pages
978-0-8037-3992-5 (ISBN)
Description
Marilyn Singer has created yet another collection of her ingenious reverso poems, this time holding up the mirror to classical Greek myths. Each tale is told in a single poem that, when read in reverse, reveals another meaning. As with Mirror Mirror and Follow Follow readers will delight in uncovering the dual points of view in well-known legends such as Pandora's Box and Echo and Narcissus, among others. Thoughtful explanatory notes about the original myths accompany each poem, and acclaimed artist Josee Masse's clever paintings-these in sun-drenched Mediterranean hues-contribute beauty plus visual meaning.
Reviews / Votes
A New York Public Library Best of the Year pickAn SLJ Best Book of the Year
A Nerdy Book Club Award winner
* "Another inventive exploration of stories readers thought they knew." - Publishers Weekly
* "A witty, seductive pairing of poetic imagination and artistic vision." - School Library Journal
"A visual and interpretive feast bringing timeless tales to a young audience." - Kirkus Reviews
"A wonderful addition to poetry collections andaccompaniment for the myths."- Booklist
"Marilyn Singer's ingenious 'reverso' poems are child-friendly feats of verbal pyrotechnics" - The New York Times
"The perfect supplement or introduction to Pandora, King Midas, Icarus, and the rest of the bunch of fantastically flawed gods, monsters, and mortals...easy and rewarding to read." - The Boston Globe
"Delightful...vivid, glowing." -The Wall Street Journal
"Mythology and Western civ curricula will grab greedily for this one." -BCCB
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Penguin Putnam Inc
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From First Grade to Fourth Grade, Interest Age: From 6 to 9 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 263 mm
Width: 263 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
417 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8037-3992-5 (9780803739925)
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02/2016
Dial Books
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