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Stanza (2009)

by Jill Esbaum(Favorite Author)

3.76 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0152059989 (ISBN13: 9780152059989)

languge

English

genre

Poetry

publisher

HMH Books for Young Readers

review 1: Date: November 4th, 2014Author: Jill Esbaum; Illustrated by Jack E. DavisTitle: StanzaPlot: Stanza is known around town (along with his brothers) for their reckless behavior during the day, but at night, when Stanza's brother are sleeping, he writes poetry from everything to birds to his love for chicken pot pie. Setting: Various places; Stanza's "home"Characters: Stanza, Dirge, FrescoPoint-of-View: Third-Person Theme: Fear; Individuality; Expressing talents and abilitiesStyle: Picture-book features dogs wearing human-like clothes (apart of the talking human society). Copyright: 2009Notes: This was such a great book because I personally love poetry, and I thought this would be a great book for a young reader because the words in the book would be appealing to them. The sen... moretences are short and they rhyme, which quickly reminded me of Dr. Seuss books that I read when I was a kid. I feel that the message says that it is okay to be different and expressing one's talent's or special abilities make the person unique.
review 2: Stanza is a poetry loving dog. He writes his own poetry, but he hides it from his brothers because he is supposed to be a street tough just like them. He is sure they would make fun of him and make him miserable if he told. One day he enters a poetry contest. This lets the cat out of the bag and sure enough the brothers begin to make fun of him...until they see what the prize is that Stanza wins. They want a share, but Stanza will only share if they let him be the poet he wants to be and they let themselves be the artists they are meant to be. Their lives are never the same.As a parent of two artistic boys, I can relate to this story. It is often hard being artistic when those around you have different expectations. This story has a good message about sticking to your art even in the worst circumstances.This book has an added bonus. It teaches the terminology of poetry such as stanza and haiku.The illustrations of Jack Davis are larger than life, colorful and interesting. less

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