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I Am Phoenix: Poems for Two Voices

by Paul Fleischman

Other authors: Ken Nutt (Illustrator)

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A collection of poems about birds to be read aloud by two voices.
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Poetry about various birds, inteded to be read by two individuals, is presented.

The book would be a great way to talk about the diversity of poetry, describing animals, and birds. ( )
  Jill.Barrington | Oct 23, 2011 |
I love this book because of the illustrations and the poems that are about birds that are really cute. ( )
  laf | Oct 17, 2007 |
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Grade 4 Up Fifteen poems covering the space of a day and the birds active during that day are designed to be read aloud by two voices. Each poem is accompanied by a handsome black-and-white drawing. The collection fails to offer any new insights and degenerates to the merely silly, especially if the attempt is made to read it aloud. The viewpoints expressed and the imagery used ("Doves of Dodona" or "The Common Egret") will mean nothing to most children. Wonderful, accessible poems about birds already exist. Why bother to clutter up the skies with "Warblers" ("Warblers warbling /Warblers warbling") when Edward Thomas' "Sedgewarblers" exists? The poem "Owls" ("Sun's down, /Sky's dark,") cannot evoke the mood of Randall Jarrell's poem "The Bird of Night." In this year of Audubon's anniversary, honor the beauty of birds with poetry worthy of thempoems found in collections like Cole's The Birds and the Beasts Were There (Collins, 1963; o.p.) or MacKay's A Flock of Words (HBJ, 1970; o.p.). Kathleen D.u Whalin, New Canaan Library, Conn.
  sdavis | Nov 29, 2007 |
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