The Man in the Moon-Fixer's Mask - Hardcover

Sherwin Tjia JonArno Lawson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0973214090 ISBN 13: 9780973214093

Publisher: Pedlar Press, 2004

Synopsis

Destined to be a bedtime read-out-loud favourite, this highly accessible but unusual book of wordplay fun for children brings back to life the long lost oddball spirit of the best of Ogden Nash and Hillaire Belloc. It brims over with a love of language - teasing the tongue without twisting it."I liked these poemsAnd you will, tooSo buy this bookAnd read it through" -Robert Munsch

About this title

About the Author:

JonArno Lawson lives in Toronto. Lawson has been writing poetry for many years. He has run dozens of poetry workshops with people of all ages, and was the recipient of a Chalmer's Arts Fellowship to research lap, finger and bouncing rhymes (and games) cross-culturally. His previous Pedlar title, Black Stars in a White Night Sky, won The Lion & the Unicorn Award for Excellence in Children's Literature, 2007.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 5-8–Unusual creatures, a fallen moon, and a girl searching through her soccer-socks sack for a matching pair are just some of the subjects in this collection of nonsense rhymes. Many of the selections focus on animals, real and imagined, including a frog who meets a heron in the wood and realizes that ...his prognosis/is not very good, a snake that kisses with a double-pronged tongue, and The Hippopossum (Sleepy, stocky, awkward, awesome–/He'll eat anything you toss him). A few of the poems focus on humans, including five-year-old Ella-Bella, who must wash the dishes every morning, and Vincent the Vanisher, who ...knows how to vanish/but not how to come back. Some offerings showcase a world turned on its ear: The Itibar of Ilm looked in a mirror–And there he saw the Ilm of Itibar./'Is that me?' (The fear he underwent!)/'Me that is,' he heard, and felt content. Black-and-white ink drawings appear throughout, reflecting the humorous tone of the verses. While the collection is a bit uneven and some of the poems seem geared more toward adults, most are appropriate for young readers. An additional purchase.–Kristen Oravec, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Strongsville, OH
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About this edition

• Publisher: Pedlar Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0973214090
• ISBN 13: 9780973214093
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 81
• Illustrator: Sherwin Tjia