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* An ALA Notable Children's Book
* Winner of the Cybil Award in Poetry
* Winner of the Land of Enchantment Picture Book Award
* Texas Bluebonnet Award
* Horn Book Fanfare list
* New York Public Library's Best 100 Children's Books of the Year
* Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books
* Betsy Bird's 100 Magnificent Children's Books of the Year
* Publishers Weekly's Best Children's Books of the Year
* Booklist's Editors' Choice
* Washington Post's Top 15 Children's Books of the Year
* Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year
* Time Out New York Kids’ 50 Best Books for Kids


8개 매체로부터 "올해의 책으로 선정되었고, 무려 7개의 Book Riview지로부터 "Starred Review"를 받았으며, 20여개주로부터 Book Award 후보로 오른 "Must Buy"책입니다.

마치 거울로 들여다 보듯이 앞에서부터 읽어도 하나의 멋진 동시가 되고, 거꾸로 뒤에서부터 읽어도 또다른 한 편의 훌륭한 동시가 되는 신기한 작품 15편이 아름다운 그림과 함께 수록되어 있습니다.

15편 모두 널리 알려진 전래동화의 이야기들을 바탕으로 하고 있어서 어린 독자들이 친근하게 접할 수 있습니다.

작가의 창의성에 감탄하면서 읽게 되는 기발한 내용의 책입니다.

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What is 하드커버? 양장본이라고도 불리우며, 표지가 단단한 판지로 만들어진 책입니다. 판지를 천이나 가죽으로 감싸기도 합니다. 책의 속지는 일반적으로 중성처리된 종이(Acid-free paper)를 사용해서 잘 변질이 되지 않기 때문에 오랫동안 보관하기에 적합합니다. 이 종류의 책은 더스트 재킷, 또는 더스트 커버로 불리는 표지덮개가 함께 있는 경우가 많습니다. 간혹 내부 속지가 콩기름 코팅이 된 경우 고약한 냄새가 나는 책도 있습니다.

하드커버책입니다.






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Hardcover: 32 pages
ISBN-10: 0525479015
ISBN-13: 978-0525479017
책 크기: 26.2 cm x 26.2 cm



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Book Description
What’s brewing when two favorites--poetry and fairy tales--are turned (literally) on their heads? It’s a revolutionary recipe: an infectious new genre of poetry and a lovably modern take on classic stories.
First, read the poems forward (how old-fashioned!), then reverse the lines and read again to give familiar tales, from Sleeping Beauty to that Charming Prince, a delicious new spin. Witty, irreverent, and warm, this gorgeously illustrated and utterly unique offering holds a mirror up to language and fairy tales, and renews the fun and magic of both.


School Library Journal *Starred Review*
This appealing collection based on fairy tales is a marvel to read. It is particularly noteworthy because the poems are read in two ways: up and down. They are reverse images of themselves and work equally well in both directions. "Mirror Mirror" is chilling in that Snow White, who is looking after the Seven Dwarves, narrates the first poem of the pair. Read in reverse, it is the wicked queen who is enticing Snow White to eat the apple that will put her to sleep forever. "In the Hood" is as crafty as the wolf who tells of his delightful anticipation of eating Red Riding Hood. The mirrored poem is Red Riding Hood reminding herself not to dally since Grandma awaits. The vibrant artwork is painterly yet unfussy and offers hints to the characters who are narrating the poems. An endnote shows children how to create a "reverse" poem. This is a remarkably clever and versatile book that would work in any poetry or fairy-tale unit. A must-have for any library.


Booklist *Starred Review*
This ingenious book of reversos, or poems which have one meaning when read down the page and perhaps an altogether different meaning when read up the page, toys with and reinvents oh-so-familiar stories and characters, from Cinderella to the Ugly Duckling. The five opening lines of the Goldilocks reverso read: “Asleep in cub’s bed / Blonde / startled by / Bears, / the headline read.” Running down the page side-by-side with this poem is a second, which ends with: “Next day / the headline read: / Bears startled / by blonde / asleep in cub’s bed.” The 14 pairs of poems-easily distinguished by different fonts and background colors-allow changes only in punctuation, capitalization, and line breaks, as Singer explains in an author’s note about her invented poetic form. “It is a form that is both challenging and fun-rather like creating and solving a puzzle.” Singer also issues an invitation for readers to try to write their own reversos on any topic. Matching the cleverness of the text, Masse’s deep-hued paintings create split images that reflect the twisted meaning of the irreverently witty poems and brilliantly employ artistic elements of form and shape-Cinderella’s clock on one side morphs to the moon on the other. A must-purchase that will have readers marveling over a visual and verbal feast.


Kirkus Reviews *Starred Review*
"A mesmerizing and seamless celebration of language, imagery and perspective."


Publishers Weekly *Starred Review*
"Masse’s clever compositions play with symmetry, bringing this smart concept to its fullest effect."


The Horn Book *Starred Review*
"Cleverly constructed and insightful."


Library Media Connection *Starred Review*
"Truly a visual, as well as a literary, puzzle and such a treat!"


Shelf Awareness *Starred Review*
“Fun, thoughtful, beautifully written poems that employ a poetic form called a reverso to spin a familiar fairy tale in a new direction.”