From: Joan Kindig <jsk7n>
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 11:39:36 -0500

Ditto on Monica's thoughts on Science Verse. The art and the poetry blend in such a wild, wacky, and perfect way. One without the other would not be as powerful.

As I wandered around in a Barnes & Noble yesterday, I saw an (about) 8 year-old boy nearly leap off of the escalator and charge over to a table bearing Science Verse. He then proceeded to beg his mother for the book by telling her about Scieszka and Smith and The True Story of the The Three Little Pigs and The Stinky Cheese Man. "And it's really funny," he said,
"with poems and everything." Meanwhile Mom was turning page by page through the book, smiling all the while. When the boy wound down, Mom picked up the book and headed for the check out with her son. I loved the kid's enthusiasm, his expectation that this artful duo would create another book he'd like, and that his mother responded the way she did. The book engaged her so, frankly, the kid didn't have that hard a sell but to see that kind of excitement over a book was a delight.

I read it to every Children's Lit class or presentation I do and the teachers are wild over it. I think the connection with other well known poems resonates with them and the science connection is a natural. This book is brilliant and lots of fun for kids.

Joan Kindig University of Virginia

On 12/12/04 10:21 AM, "Monica Edinger" wrote:
Received on Sun 12 Dec 2004 10:39:36 AM CST