Fast and Slow: Poems for Advanced Children and Beginning Parents

by John Ciardi, Becky Gaver

Brings together nonsense verses, poems with word plays, and riddles about an array of amusing characters entertain readers

Genres: Poetry

67 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1975

About the author

John Anthony Ciardi was an American poet, translator, editor, writer and etymologist.

Reviews

[Ambrose Miles · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read the edition with illustrations by Becky Gaver. His poems and her drawings go together. Lovely.

[Jay Dewey · Rating 4 out of 5]

i met John Ciardi when he read to my students back in seventies and liked him then as both a fine human being and wonderful writer.

This re-read confirmed that old memory.

[Mckinley · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ok. Some poems I liked better than others; overall none grabbed me.