Stardines Swim High Across the Sky and Other Poems: And Other Poems
Stardines Swim High Across the Sky and Other Poems: And Other Poems
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HarperCollins
Annotation: From stardines to tattlesnakes to braindeer, poet Jack Prelutsky introduces young readers to sixteen whimsical imaginary creatures, with poems about each.
Genre: [Poetry]
 
Reviews: 6
Catalog Number: #67544
Format: Perma-Bound from Publisher's Hardcover
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Publisher: HarperCollins
Copyright Date: 2012
Edition Date: 2012 Release Date: 02/26/13
Illustrator: Berger, Carin,
Pages: 35 pages
ISBN: Publisher: 0-06-201464-1 Perma-Bound: 0-605-58389-7
ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-06-201464-1 Perma-Bound: 978-0-605-58389-4
Dewey: 811
LCCN: 2011025993
Dimensions: 24 x 29 cm.
Language: English
Reviews:
ALA Booklist (Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 CST 2012)

In Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant (2006), Prelutsky and Berger combined forces to delight with uproarious poems about animals crossed with inanimate objects. Here they continue their zoological compendium, adding animals infused with personality traits ("SLOBSTERS are slovenly, / SLOBSTERS are crude. / SLOBSTERS love mashing / And smushing their food"; "PLANDAS sit around all day, / Planning what to do"). Prelutsky offers a wide variety of form and meter, and the poems consistently bounce with the rhythmic vitality and sparkling surprise we have come to expect from him. Each poem enjoys a two-page spread, illuminated in Berger's three-dimensional dioramas built of carefully cut paper and found objects and decorated with pins and tags and other trappings of scientific specimen cases. Poet and artist clearly share a comic sensibility (witness the JOLLYFISH's dentures), and their partnership bears symbiotic fruit. Adults will have great success sharing these poems with groups, but it won't be long before kids are reading them to one another. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Prelutsky is poetry royalty, and teachers and librarians will be eager to share his latest.

Horn Book (Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 CDT 2013)

Ingenious book design pairs with inventive poetry to feature unusual critters such as Fountain Lions, Braindeer, and Slobsters. The fun comes in the perfect but unexpected matches Prelutsky makes, such as the Jollyfish, "radiant, / Ebullient blobs of mirth." Berger incorporates found objects, aged paper, and other miscellanea to tag and label the various beasts. The total effect is both whimsical and fascinating.

Kirkus Reviews

Prelutsky and Berger are back with 16 new specimens of poem and collage, meticulously rendered to excite and amuse. After traveling the globe for creatures of animal and inanimate origin, the master of verse returns to share his discoveries. Procrastinating pandas, self-adhering geese and cacophonous magpies are a few of the carefully selected creatures on display for readers' enjoyment. Budding naturalists will relish the details both author and illustrator offer. From the dour to the delightful, Prelutsky describes each creature in detail, packing each line with punchy playfulness: "JOLLYFISH are radiant, / Ebullient blobs of mirth, / With merry dispositions / From the moment of their birth. / ... / Their humor is infectious, / And as aimlessly they drift, / Their buoyant effervescence / Gives the neighborhood a lift." Berger's cleverly designed assemblages—created from ephemera and digitally manipulated vintage etchings—offer the wonder and fascination of a curio shop. Her dioramas in particular, with their steampunk aesthetic, lend an aura of authenticity to these eclectic creatures. Whimsy takes flight in this humorous collection. (Picture book/poetry. 4-8)

School Library Journal (Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 CST 2013)

PreS-Gr 2 Prelutsky has created unusual creatures through odd pairings of usual things, and crossing stars and sardines is just one interesting idea he explores: "In giant schools, their brilliant lights/Illuminate the darkest nights." Sixteen short poems each focus on an animal with a surprise twist. "Slobsters" are a mess and "Plandas" think things out to a fault. Some selections, like "Jollyfish," focus on a creature's personality, while others, like "Gloose," deal more with physical traits or habits, like "Panteater." The singsong rhymes are clever, and the collage art, created by combining cut paper and found objects, brings the book to life. These creatures are entertaining by themselves but also could make terrific inspiration for children interested in coming up with their own imaginary animals. Julie Roach, Cambridge Public Library, MA

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Wilson's Children's Catalog
Word Count: 1,192
Reading Level: 5.1
Interest Level: P-2
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 5.1 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 163766 / grade: Lower Grades

Beloved and bestselling poet Jack Prelutsky and New York Times Best Illustrated artist Carin Berger team up to create a new collection of silly, strange, and sensational animal poems! Told through couplets and visually arresting shadow boxes, dioramas, and cut-paper collage, Stardines Swim High Across the Sky evokes both natural history museums and wild and silly fantasy. "The zoology may be suspect, but the laughs are guaranteed."—Publishers Weekly

Sixteen extraordinary imagined creatures inhabit the pages of this unique, inspired, humorous picture book ideal for sharing together, and for reading again and again. Jack Prelutsky reinvents many familiar and beloved animals by combining inanimate objects with them (so, for example, a pair of pants and an anteater become a panteater). Carin Berger's illustrations are showstoppers. Her shadow boxes and dioramas utilize vintage type, ephemera, and such elements as ribbon, cards, buttons, and wood and bring the animals to life. Read it aloud, read it together: this is a catalog of effervescent silliness and will undoubtedly inspire young poets and artists alike. "The total effect is both whimsical and fascinating, with rich language in the poems and unexpected objects in the pictures to return to over and over again.'—The Horn Book


Stardines
Bluffaloes
Swapitis
Chormorants
Fountain lions
Slobsters
Plandas
Jollyfish
The sobcat
Magpipes
Tattlesnake, Tattlesnake
Braindeer
The gloose
Panteater
Wedgehogs
Bardvarks.

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