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* Charlotte Zolotow Award 수상도서
* Notable Children’s Book in the Language Arts (NCTE)
* New York Public Library's “One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing”
* Chicago Public Library Best of the Best
* Riverbank Review Children’s Books of Distinction Award 수상도서
* School Library Journal Best Book


이 책은 빛을 주제로 한 영어 동시집이며, 물을 주제로 한 영어 동시집인 Splish Splash와 함께 두 작가의 창의력이 돋보이는 책입니다. 영어 단어나 문장들을 각각의 동시의 주제와 일치하도록 절묘하게 배치해서 아름다운 그림으로 표현합니다.

태양, 등대, 번개, 촛불, 반딧불, 별, 달, 캠프화이어, 불꽃놀이, 성냥, 생일케익 촛불, 현관등, 카메라플레쉬 등 빛과 관련된 23편의 동시가 예쁜 그림과 함께 수록되어 있습니다.

간결하고 쉬운 문장으로 된 동시를 큰 소리로 읽으면 저절로 흥이 나며, 문장과 단어들을 각각의 시가 지니고 있는 의미를 나타낼 수 있도록 그림의 일부분으로 배치한 그래픽은 독자들의 눈을 즐겁게 해줍니다.






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Edition: Paperback: 32 pages
ISBN-10: 0618311025
ISBN-13: 9780618311026
책 크기: 23 cm x 22.8 cm



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Book Description
Light can be dynamic, exciting, dramatic, comforting, fascinating, and welcoming. Turn on the light and open this book to see and feel the energy, emotion, and surprise of light in its many forms! Flicker Flash is a poetic exploration of a mutable yet omnipresent part of the world around us. From the flicker of birthday candles to a flash of lightning, from the bold bright sun to the calm full moon, from the steady beams that pulse from a lighthouse to the glow of a lamp that illuminates the pages of a book lovingly held by a child, all forms of light are given shape in this remarkable collection of poetry. Young readers' eyes will be opened to an amazing new way of perceiving poetry in everyday life.


Riverbank Review
What a well-lit book! Imagine poems about light shaped like a firefly, a matchstick, a campfire, a crescent moon. This stunningly delicious collection of Joan Bansfield Graham's poems about light captivates the eye as well as the ear. Read this book to the very young, right when they're learning to reach (again and again and again, if I recall) for the light switch. Read it to older children, to encourage them to experiement with word placement on the page. It will spark their batteries.


Publishers Weekly
Graham (Splish Splash) reflects on the meaning and many permutations of light in 23 concrete poems. There's one set in the form of a crescent moon ("New moon/ sliver thin/ nice to see/ the night grin"), another sprinkled across a spread like fireworks. Ben Franklin and Thomas Edison even make cameo appearances. Although few of the verses possess enough descriptive candlepower or aural energy to glow on their own, artist and graphic designer Davis's ingenious typographical treatments, punctuated with witty, icon-style illustrations, make each poem shimmer. Whether sculpting words into a glowing insect ("Firefly") or conjuring an image of dancing flames between two toasting marshmallows ("Campfire"), Davis proves she is capable of visualizing the poetic spirit of language at play.


Library Journal
A vivid fusion of ingenious concrete poetry and boldly colored graphics that celebrate the many shapes and forms of light. From the joyous whoop of sunlight's "...dynamite, ring-/a-ding day" to the flash of the open camera shutter that "will spill/onto my film/to make time/stand still," readers will delight in the many images presented to the eye and to the mind. This companion volume to Graham's water-wonderful Splish Splash (Ticknor & Fields, 1994) will be equally at home in units on science, poetry, and art, and will surely inspire children. This one dazzles.