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Summary: Wonderful
Review: A real celebration of the insects. Fourteen neat poems - you can read just one side and enjoy the poems too if you don't have a partner onhand but listening to them read by two people is neat! Really great drawings throughout - obviously done by a nature lover. The poems are funny and at times like haiku too.
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Summary: Refreshing poetry
Review: Here are fourteen poems about, of all things, bugs. Some may wonder at the subject matter; some may be disgusted. By the time you're done reading them, however, I'm sure you'll no longer feel that way.Speaking of fireflies, book lice, and honeybees, Fleischman shows the unique perspective of each. At times his poems are hilarious, with the worker ant complaining in time to the languid satisfaction of the queen; some are poignant enough to touch your heart and make you think twice about that caterpillar you shuddered at the other day. What makes these poems truly wonderful, however, is the fact that they are "for two voices". For full effect, they *must* be read aloud by two people, sometimes in chorus, sometimes speaking alone, and other times echoing each other. In such a manner, the already-delightful poetry becomes alive.
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Summary: Great to Read Aloud!
Review: I think everyone should read these great poems! I am in middle school and I took a drama speech class. For one of the speeches me and my friend did a poem in here about bees. Everyone loved it and was laughing. If you need to find a two person poem or any cute poem at all you should get this book.
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Summary: Great and Lots of fun!
Review: Joyful noise is a great book to read with another person. It is filled with poems for two voices about insects. It has from Book Lice to Water Striders, House Crickets to Grasshoppers, Water Boatmen to Fireflies. I really enjoy reading it with one of my friends!!
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Summary: An original idea
Review: These poems about the lives of different insects are meant to be read by two voices, thereby mimicking the sounds or characteristics of those bugs. The book works rather well, especially the whirligig beetle poem. Appearing in bookstores nation wide in 1992, I remember being given this book at the age of 10 from my mother. At that particular age I was not interested in participating in a picture book, clearly designed for younger students. Had I received it at a younger age I think I would have liked it more. I would recommend presenting this book to a group of students, having them perform it together. That would be the best use of this singular text.
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Summary: A guaranteed giggle! :)
Review: This book of clever insect poems is so much fun! These poems for two voices are filled with insects, wit, and humor! Reading poems for two voices is a great bonding experience. I would recommend reading them with your children - if you do not have children, read the poems with your significant other! :) My husband and I love reading these poems together. You are guaranteed to get a giggle out of it! Enjoy!
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Summary: What a great book!
Review: This is a collection of beautiful short poems for children about a variety of insects. The children are supposed to read the poems together as if it were a dialog or play and the interplay of words is supposed to fit with the type of insect the poem describes. The book, illustrated by Eric Beddows, won the 1989 Newbery Medal for best contribution to American children's literature.
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