Climbing Shadows

Name: Climbing Shadows
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ISBN: 9781773060958

Poems for Children

Shannon Bramer, Cindy Derby

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Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada
18 April 2019

Picture storybooks; Poetry (Children's&YA); General fiction (Children's&YA); Personal & social issues: self-awareness & self-esteem (Children's&YA)

A splendidly illustrated collection of poems inspired by young children that address common themes such as having a hard day at school, feeling shy or being a newcomer.

The poems in Climbing Shadows were inspired by a class of kindergarten children whom poet and playwright Shannon Bramer came to know over the course of a school year. She set out to write a poem for each child, sharing her love of poetry with them, and made an anthology of the poems for Valentine's Day.

This original collection reflects the children's joys and sorrows, worries and fears, moods and sense of humor. Some poems address common themes such as having a hard day at school, feeling shy or being a newcomer, while others explore subjects of fascination - bats, spiders, skeletons, octopuses, polka dots, racing cars and birthday parties. Evident throughout the book is a love of words and language and the idea that there are all kinds of poems and that they are for everyone - to read or write.

Cindy Derby's dreamy watercolor illustrations gently complement each poem. Beautiful, thoughtful, sensitive and funny, this is an exceptional collection.

Key Text Features illustrations table of contents author's note

Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.4 Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.7 With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.4 Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.4 Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.

By: Shannon Bramer
Illustrated by: Cindy Derby
Imprint: Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 247mm, Width: 206mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 439g
ISBN: 9781773060958
ISBN 10: 1773060953
Pages: 44
Publication Date: 18 April 2019
Recommended Age: From 6 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

SHANNON BRAMER is an author of poems, plays and short fiction. She has published Climbing Shadows: Poems for Children, illustrated by Cindy Derby; Robot, Unicorn, Queen: poems for you and me, illustrated by Irene Luxbacher (David Booth Children’s and Youth Poetry Award); and several poetry collections for adults, including Precious Energy and suitcases and other poems (Hamilton and Region Arts Council Book Award). She lives with her family in Toronto, Ontario. CINDY DERBY is an author, illustrator and puppeteer. Her illustrations for Outside In by Deborah Underwood received a Caldecott Honor and a Golden Kite Honor. She has written and illustrated the highly acclaimed picture books Blurp’s Book of Manners, Two Many Birds (Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of the Year) and How to Walk an Ant. Her work has received international recognition from France, Brazil and Japan. Cindy lives with her family in San Francisco.

Reviews for Climbing Shadows: Poems for Children

Smart. Honestly heartfelt. Utterly beautiful to look at. See the bar? Yeah. It just got raised. * School Library Journal * Bramer's poems . . . explore an evocative range of emotional states, metaphors, and ideas. Understated, dreamlike paintings with offsetting white space accompany the poems. . . . The works carry notes of wistfulness and wonder, astute observations, and poignant reflections on one's place in the world. * Publisher's Weekly * [A] marvelous introduction to poetry for young children. * CM Reviews *