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From: Monica Edinger <monicaedinger>
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:21:54 -0500
I'm smittened with Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith's Science Verse. As some here know, I'm a huge Lewis Carroll fan and especially adore his poetic parodies. Jon Scieszka, to my mind, has managed to do something similar in Science Verse. When I read aloud Alice's Adventures in Wonderland I give the kids just enough of the original poems so that they can appreciate how clever Carroll has been with his parodies. Of course, they can enjoy "How Doth the Little Crocodile..." without knowing "How Doth the Little Busy Bee", but it is extra fun for them to know the original. Similarly, you don't need to know the originals to enjoy the verse of Science Verse, but it makes it even more fun.
(And of course my favorite here is "Gobblegooky" although, hmm, there is also "Scientific Method at the Bat"....no, no, I also love the double spread titled "Why Scientists Don't Write Nursery Rhymes....well, truthfully I like them all:) This sort of parody is terribly hard to do successfully and to do it with all science stuff, accurately no less ---well, wow! Bravo to the team of Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith and Molly Leach (book designer) for another winning production!
Monica
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:21:54 -0500
I'm smittened with Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith's Science Verse. As some here know, I'm a huge Lewis Carroll fan and especially adore his poetic parodies. Jon Scieszka, to my mind, has managed to do something similar in Science Verse. When I read aloud Alice's Adventures in Wonderland I give the kids just enough of the original poems so that they can appreciate how clever Carroll has been with his parodies. Of course, they can enjoy "How Doth the Little Crocodile..." without knowing "How Doth the Little Busy Bee", but it is extra fun for them to know the original. Similarly, you don't need to know the originals to enjoy the verse of Science Verse, but it makes it even more fun.
(And of course my favorite here is "Gobblegooky" although, hmm, there is also "Scientific Method at the Bat"....no, no, I also love the double spread titled "Why Scientists Don't Write Nursery Rhymes....well, truthfully I like them all:) This sort of parody is terribly hard to do successfully and to do it with all science stuff, accurately no less ---well, wow! Bravo to the team of Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith and Molly Leach (book designer) for another winning production!
Monica
-- Monica Edinger The Dalton School New York NY edinger at dalton.org monicaedinger at gmail.comReceived on Sun 12 Dec 2004 09:21:54 AM CST
