Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices *Newbery Medal, Signed

Fleischman, Paul

ISBN 10: 0060218525 / ISBN 13: 9780060218522

Published by Harper & Row, New York, 1988

About this Item

Fleischman inscribed and signed this copy on the half-title page. No other writing or marks. Green boards with partial cloth, green lettering to spine. Some handling noted else Fine, pages crisp. Dust jacket with light wear to part of medal sticker edge, else Fine. Third printing.

Seller Inventory # 104072602

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices *Newbery Medal, Signed
• Publisher: Harper & Row, New York
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060218525
• ISBN 13: 9780060218522
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Eric Beddows
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed By Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed
  • Children's
  • Newbery Medal and Honor Authors

About this title

Synopsis

From the Newbery Medal-winning author of Seedfolks, Paul Fleischman, Joyful Noise is a collection of irresistible poems that celebrates the insect world.

Funny, sad, loud, and quiet, each of these poems resounds with a booming, boisterous, joyful noise.

The poems resound with the pulse of the cicada and the drone of the honeybee. They can be fully appreciated by an individual reader, but they're particularly striking when read aloud by two voices, making this an ideal pick for classroom use. Eric Beddows′s vibrant drawings send each insect soaring, spinning, or creeping off the page in its own unique way.

With Joyful Noise, Paul Fleischman created not only a fascinating guide to the insect world but an exultant celebration of life.

From the Back Cover

Written to be read aloud by two voices -- sometimes alternating, sometimes simultaneous -- here is a collection of irresistible poems that celebrate the insect world, from the short life of the mayfly to the love song of the book louse. Funny, sad, loud, and quiet, each of these poems resounds with a booming, boisterous, joyful noise.

In this remarkable volume of poetry for two voices, a companion to I Am Phoenix,Paul Fleischman verbally re-creates the "Booming/boisterios/joyful noise" of insects. The poems resound with the pulse of the cicada and the drone of the honeybee. Eric Beddows's vibrant drawings send each insect soaring, spinning, or creeping off the page in its own unique way.

Paul Fleischman has created not only a clear and fascinating guide to the insect world -- from chrysalid butterflies to whirligig beetles -- but an exultant celebration of life.