Corn Chowder: Poems - Hardcover

Stevenson, James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060530596 ISBN 13: 9780060530594

Publisher: Greenwillow Books, 2003

Synopsis

This book is:
sweet, salty, rich, tasty, sustaining, nourishing, comforting

Ingredients:
25 poems that are perfect for a sunny day, perfect for a chilly day, and will make you smile.

About this title

About the Author:

James Stevenson is an op-ed contributor to the New York Times. His popular column, "Lost and Found New York," has appeared regularly in the newspaper since 2003. He was on the staff of The New Yorker for more than three decades; his work includes 2,000 cartoons and 80 covers, as well as reporting and fiction. He is also the author and illustrator of over 100 children's books. He lives in Connecticut.

James Stevenson is an op-ed contributor to the New York Times. His popular column, "Lost and Found New York," has appeared regularly in the newspaper since 2003. He was on the staff of The New Yorker for more than three decades; his work includes 2,000 cartoons and 80 covers, as well as reporting and fiction. He is also the author and illustrator of over 100 children's books. He lives in Connecticut.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 1-5-Joining the six other clever "corn poetry" books, this one offers new surprises, all cleverly shaped and illustrated. The subjects are familiar-dogs, peanut butter, trees on a sidewalk-yet Stevenson helps readers see them in fresh and funny ways. For example, in one selection, the author offers this advice "To People I Hear Talking Loudly on Their Cell Phones": "-drop it in/a deep pot of chicken fat/and bring to a boil./Simmer for two hours./Let cool." Often the full meaning of the poem depends upon the illustration, as in "Rough Guess": "Do you ever/wonder how/much peanut/butter you/have had/in your life?/I have had/ THIS much,/and I am about to buy another jar." Here a tiny figure of Stevenson gestures toward a mammoth jar that fills the page. Readers will giggle over the silly guesses about what could possibly be in the children's oversized backpacks in "Backpack Mystery" and understand the wisdom of "Doorknobs": "If you look/in the locksmith's window,/you'll see there is more/than one way to open a door." The final poem, "The Loudest Noise in the World," pulls the anticipated "corn" into this book: "There's/a noise/so loud,/there is/nothing/louder-/than Uncle Carl eating/his sweet corn chowder." This lovable collection of poems and whimsical watercolors will bring smiles and a new perspective to the common things around us.
Lee Bock, Glenbrook Elementary School, Pulaski, WI
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About this edition

• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0060530596
• ISBN 13: 9780060530594
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Stevenson James