Words with Wings
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فرمت کتاب
audiobook
تاریخ انتشار
2014
Lexile Score
850
Reading Level
4-5
نویسنده
Mutiyat Ade-Saluناشر
Recorded Books, Inc.شابک
9781490613963
کتاب های مرتبط
- اطلاعات
- نقد و بررسی
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نقد و بررسی
Young Gabby is a dreamer who creates verse. Narrator Mutiyat Ade-Salu celebrates Grimes's verse, emphasizing the contrasts between her simple musings on family, school, and life and her vibrant word-inspired daydreams. Ade-Salu adjusts her pace to the subject matter--from the gentleness of rain and butterflies to the exhilaration of a roller coaster. The combined efforts of an understanding teacher and a fellow student dreamer help Gabby take wing with words. M.F.T. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine
August 5, 2013
Through 70+ poems, Grimes introduces readers to Gabriella, a city girl who’s prone to daydreaming, frustrating her mother and alienating Gabby from her classmates. Several poems bring readers directly into Gabby’s daydreams, as she explains how a single word can set her mind whirling: “Say ‘concert,’/ and I’m somewhere/ in the past,/ sprawled out on the grass/ in Central Park,/ my head cozy/ in Mom’s lap,/ her head cozy/ on Dad’s shoulder.” Grimes packs substantial emotional heft into her poems, especially the way that Gabby’s parents’ separation weighs on her. Eventually, the right teacher and the right friend provide the support and encouragement Gaby needs, and even her mother’s attitude softens. Although Grimes hits the “importance of dreaming” theme a bit hard, her poems lovingly convey the rich inner life (and turmoil) of a girl in the process of finding her voice. Ages 8–12. Agent: Elizabeth Harding, Curtis Brown.
August 1, 2014
Gr 3-5-Gabriella is a dreamer, more like the father she visits than the mother she lives with every day. Since her parents separated, Gabby and her mother have moved, and she has enrolled in a new school. Always the class daydreamer, she's prepared for the teasing that she knows will come. Mention the word "butterfly," and her thoughts may soar out the classroom window on the imagined wings of a beautiful creature. Other words create thoughts that are more pensive. Sometimes it's easier to retreat into her imagination than to face her circumstances. Gabby's expectations for her new school are low, but her teacher and a quiet boy in the back of the room offer some hope in her new surroundings. With encouragement, perhaps a pen and paper can anchor the "words with wings" that set Gabby's mind adrift. Mutiyat Ade-Salu is perfectly cast for this story in verse, told in the first person in the present tense story. Her voice is youthful and likable, and as Gabriella's thoughts soar, plummet, and wander, so too does the voice of Ade-Salu. A perfect book for poets, dreamers, and reluctant readers.-Lisa Taylor, Ocean County Library, NJ
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