Underwear Salesman
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (617 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0689853254 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 64 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Ages 7–10. From Publishers Weekly In this handy guide/ (For children overqualified/ For boring jobs), Lewis (Doodle Dandies) and the sublime Bloch (Butterflies in My Stomach) catalogue some of the more esoteric professions. Lewis deserves applause for his sophisticated wordplay and his willingness to push readers in terms of poetic conceits: anyone who attempts to explain to kids what a philosopher does—in verse, no less—deserves a paean himself. It's a shame, then, that poems that start out so promisingly often run out of steam and wrap up with weak jokes (a pet groomer bemoans a customer who forgets toupee; a plumber works in Inside The Twoilet zone). Bloch's wonderful digital collages save the day: his signature combination of piquant ink doodles and witty found objects lends elegant playfulness to every page
Have you ever talked at length with an exterminator? Or had a heart-to-heart with an ice sculptor? Or waxed philosophical with an acrobat? No? Well, look inside.
"Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children" according to Yana V. Rodgers. While children are often asked what they would like to do when they grow up, the answer may not come as easily as the question. The possibilities seem endless and the time so far away. What better than a light-hearted book of poetry to help children start thinking about a wide range of occupations, from the relatively well-known -- such as plumbers, fashion designers, and librarians -- to the fairly obscure --. Thomas said mind of a child. It seems to me that books for children should be written and illustrated by children, and I wanted a book that would look like that. This comes close.
Patrick Lewis has authored more than fifty books of poetry for children. J. He lives in Westerville, Ohio.Visit his website at jpatricklewis. . In 2011, he was named the Children s Poet Laureate by the Poetry Foundation and was given the NCTE Excellence in Children's Poetry Award