Description: CONDITION…Like new, barely used, the dust jacket is a little wrinkled. There is an inscription on the inside cover in pen. A collection of more than 100 poems that explore a child's view of the world. When the poems work, they work well, offering accessible images. Too often, though, Moss, mining the same territory as Shel Silverstein and Jack Prelutsky, seems to have skimmed the surface. The words don't form poems, careful creations of an event, sensation, or character. Rather, they seem to stay in their informal, draft state. He writes words in a stream, and uses rhyme schemes that don't quite fit ("Let this poem be a lesson/ For nice parents everywhere:/ If you send your kids to bed,/ They may be . . ./ Digested by a bear.") Demarest's line drawings have genuine verve and humor, extending the comic potential of each poem he illustrates. Still, what lies on the other side of this book's cover is more inanity than poetry.
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Book Title: OTHER Side of the Door : Poems
Author: Jeffrey Moss
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: European / General, Poetry / General
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication Year: 1991
Genre: Poetry, Juvenile Nonfiction
Item Weight: 11.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
