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I Scream, You Scream
Selected as One of the New York Public Library's 100 Best Children's Books for Reading and Sharing
The exuberance of childhood often centers around food, so it's no wonder that food rhymes endure from one generation to the next. Here, Lillian Morrison has gathered some of the wittiest and best-loved chants, street cries, and mock blessings for the enjoyment of young and old alike. Nancy Dunaway's pen-and-ink illustrations bounce with enthusiasm as children attend festive parties, visit Mexican villages, and journey to the moon. In Morrison and Dunaway's jointly created universe, fruits flirt, dogs fish... and all the world is an apple pie. These stories are perfect for young foodies. Readers will learn the importance of caring and resourcefulness.
The exuberance of childhood often centers around food, so it's no wonder that food rhymes endure from one generation to the next. Here, Lillian Morrison has gathered some of the wittiest and best-loved chants, street cries, and mock blessings for the enjoyment of young and old alike. Nancy Dunaway's pen-and-ink illustrations bounce with enthusiasm as children attend festive parties, visit Mexican villages, and journey to the moon. In Morrison and Dunaway's jointly created universe, fruits flirt, dogs fish... and all the world is an apple pie. These stories are perfect for young foodies. Readers will learn the importance of caring and resourcefulness.
- GenresPoetry
96 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1997
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About the author
Lillian Morrison
26 books7 followersLillian Morrison's interest in poetry resulting from playing rhyming games with her friends such as jump rope and patty cake. As an adult, she wanted to make poetry fun and accessible for children. In her quest to become a writer, she earned one of her bachelor's degrees at Rutgers University in New Jersey and then another at Columbia University in New York.
She worked for many years at the New York Public Library in young adult services and was recognized as the recipient of the American Library Association's Grolier Award in 1987 for her contributions to stimulating the interests of young people through reading. She was particularly interested in folk rhymes, outdoor sports, dance, jazz and film, saying, "I love rhythms, the body movement implicit in poetry, explicit in sports--I am drawn to athletes, dancers, drummers, jazz musicians, who transcend misery and frustration and symbolize for us something joyous, ordered, and possible in life."
She spent nearly fifty years working at the New York Public Library and, during this time, also served as a lecturer at the schools where she developed her education, Rutgers and Columbia Universities.
She worked for many years at the New York Public Library in young adult services and was recognized as the recipient of the American Library Association's Grolier Award in 1987 for her contributions to stimulating the interests of young people through reading. She was particularly interested in folk rhymes, outdoor sports, dance, jazz and film, saying, "I love rhythms, the body movement implicit in poetry, explicit in sports--I am drawn to athletes, dancers, drummers, jazz musicians, who transcend misery and frustration and symbolize for us something joyous, ordered, and possible in life."
She spent nearly fifty years working at the New York Public Library and, during this time, also served as a lecturer at the schools where she developed her education, Rutgers and Columbia Universities.
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November 10, 2017
This book has a plethora of different poetry of all different types. There is no one type of poem but most of them share the same theme of food. There are many comedic ones, some even about more adult themes to them. A lot of pages have images with them, some of them associated with the poem, some not. None of the images have borders to them or color, they're all just the line work and unfilled so it keeps the entire book black and white.
The poems in this are quite hilarious if you think about them. Some of them have general jokes, the kind that make you giggle the second you hear them. They're quite clever, honestly, and I think some of them are really great for kids. However, there are too many with adult themes that children just wouldn't understand so I don't believe this poetry book was made explicitly for young readers. The images are quite realistic though, they are very pretty and the simplicity of them makes them easy to look at.
The poems in this are quite hilarious if you think about them. Some of them have general jokes, the kind that make you giggle the second you hear them. They're quite clever, honestly, and I think some of them are really great for kids. However, there are too many with adult themes that children just wouldn't understand so I don't believe this poetry book was made explicitly for young readers. The images are quite realistic though, they are very pretty and the simplicity of them makes them easy to look at.
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