From School Library Journal K-Gr 4—The subtitle "Crazy Car Poems" correctly describes the contents of this collaboration-22 pieces of pure fanciful nonsense by two of America's cleverest and most inventive poets currently writing for young people. Offerings include a "Giant Bookmobile of Tomorrow," driven by the Gingerbread Man; a pirate-operated, ocean-going "Fish Car"; and a "Dragonwagon" that "feeds with greed on rusty bikes." The child whose dad navigates the 'Balloon Car' says "…boy, does he he get mad at me/When I call out- 'Hey, POP!' …and the elderly lady operating the first-prize, supersize 'High-Heel Car' "…wins every footrace/Then honks her shoehorn." It's quite possible that Holmes had the most fun of all creating his spot-on, detail-laden illustrations of bizarre imaginary worlds ranging from above the rooftops to beneath the sea. Parts of his digitally-colored pencil and watercolor paintings appear to be formed from mixed media: polymer clay, paper/cardboard collage, a folded sheet of lined notebook paper with a paperclip grille and ballpoint bumper. The number of clever eccentricities in the illustrations is eye-boggling. For example, in the scene accompanying 'Bathtub Car', the duck/king's 'royal throne' is the kind found in the bathroom. Younger children will like the silliness of the poems; older kids and adults will enjoy poring over the pictures. This highly entertaining collection is fun to read and will provide inspiration for youngsters trying to create their own humorous poetry.—Susan Scheps, formerly at Shaker Public Library, OH From Booklist Here’s a weird idea for you: poems about bizarre hybrid cars—or, as Lewis and Florian prefer, a futuristic sneak preview into what may one day rule the roads. Readers will chuckle at the sheer improbability of each conception. How about a car made out of an enormous shoe? Or one made out of paper that you can shred when it breaks down? Or a giant hot-dog car you can eat? Or a giant rolling bathtub that gets you clean as you cruise? Take, for example, the Grass Taxi: I need to mow the glass, / I should Weedwack the visor, / I’m blanketed in grass. / My wax is fertilizer. The rhymes largely keep to such easy-to-follow quatrains paving the way for readers to enjoy Holmes’ hugely inventive pencil, watercolor, and digital art. These are deliriously overimagined auto designs, often Rube Goldberg-y or steampunky in feel, with a pale palette that gives the affair an old-fashioned sheen. (The characters too look like antiquated dolls.) Unique from fin to fender. Grades K-3. --Daniel Kraus 美国儿童桂冠诗人和一位获奖的儿童诗人加入了他们多产的力量,在这本关于汽车的诗歌绘本中。但是他们不仅仅是任何的汽车:有“邋遢、松软、不停的老爷车”(“如此独特,无以复加”);Limosine浴缸(“带热水加热/和瓷座”);和“高跟鞋车”十三首古怪的,有创意的诗中的每一首都将直接激发孩子们的想象力,福尔摩斯的高概念,细节丰富的插图也是如此。 k-Gr 4——副标题“疯狂的汽车诗”正确地描述了这一合作的内容——由两位美国最聪明和最具创造力的诗人目前为年轻人写的22篇纯粹的幻想废话。产品包括由姜饼人驾驶的“明日巨型流动图书车”;海盗经营的远洋“鱼车”;和一辆“贪婪地骑着生锈的自行车”的“龙车”父亲驾驶“气球车”的孩子说“…孩子,当我喊“嘿,爸爸!”时,他会对我发火吗?…驾驶一等奖、超大号“高跟鞋车”的老太太“…赢得每一场赛跑/然后按响她的鞋拔。”很有可能,福尔摩斯在创作他那些从屋顶到海底的奇异想象世界的精确、细节丰富的插图时,获得了最大的乐趣。他的数字彩色铅笔和水彩画的一部分似乎是由混合介质形成的:聚合物粘土,纸/纸板拼贴,一张折叠的有线条的笔记本纸,带有回形针格栅和圆珠笔保险杠。插图中巧妙古怪的数量令人难以置信。比如《澡盆车》伴随的场景中,鸭/王的《皇家王座》就是浴室里发现的那种。年纪较小的孩子会喜欢这些诗的愚蠢;较大的孩子和成年人会喜欢仔细阅读这些图片。这本极具娱乐性的诗集读起来很有趣,并将为试图创作自己的幽默诗歌的年轻人提供灵感。——苏珊·舍普斯,曾在俄亥俄州沙克尔公共图书馆工作
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