Just Around the Corner: Poems

By James Stevenson

Book Overview

A collection of short poems on a variety of topics, including Classroom, After the Storm, and Tow Truck.. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688173039
• ISBN13: 9780688173036
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 6.5"
• Age Range: 8 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 3 and higher

Customer Reviews

Just another bit of CORNy fun...

James Stevenson has united in this newest volume, focusing on everyday objects, a variety of short poems that range from ryhming, to free verse, and always include a twist of one kind or another. The poems are accompanied by small watercolour and black pen sketches, or laid out in different patterns and orientations in ways that relate to the poem's subject. Varying the text size and font as well create visual images simply with just the words. While not as popular as the rhyme and simple humour of Jack Prelutsky or Shel Silverstein, Stevenson's own work is something innovative and new, introducing children to non-rhyming free-verse. Although the humour is not the type that makes you crack out laughing, with a little extra thinking, it will definitely make you smile. The layout of the book is simple and consistant, with page numbers and titles at the top, and then the poem spread over the page or mixed with illustrations. Overall, the book seems to be a nice hidden gem filled with amusing quirks.