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We go together! : a curious selection of affectionate verse / by Calef Brown.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2013.Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 0547721285 (hardback)
  • 9780547721286 (hardback)
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Contents:
Let's go! -- We go together -- You are two (Kiwis) -- Totally! -- My doorbell -- FBF -- Mirth makers -- Two scallywags -- Scrootin' eyes -- Thank you -- Roller buddy -- Taking note -- Laughers -- My closer -- Snow globes -- Backup -- Because of you -- Your smile.
Awards:
  • Publishers Weekly Starred Review (10 December 2012).
Summary: "A collection of illustrated poems of love and friendship teeming with wit, whimsy, and wordplay from New York Times bestselling author-illustrator, Calef Brown"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: "In Calef Brown's poem "We Go Together," he jubilantly decrees: "We go together / like fingers and thumbs. / Basses and drums. / Pastries and crumbs." In "You Are Two (Kiwis)," he muses, "I am quite frequently, / reminded by thee / of a kiwi. / Either kind." Yes, silliness and sentimentality have free rein in this "curious selection" of childlike poems about love and friendship, each accompanied by an equally absurd, stylized acrylic painting. Like Sandol Stoddard's I Like You, We Go Together! this book makes an offbeat Valentine's gift for anyone with a good sense of humor and a penchant for wordplay"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 811.6 B877 Available 33111007460997
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In Calef Brown's poem "We Go Together," he jubilantly decrees: "We go together / like fingers and thumbs. / Basses and drums. / Pastries and crumbs." In "You Are Two (Kiwis)," he muses, "I am quite frequently, / reminded by thee / of a kiwi. / Either kind." Yes, silliness and sentimentality have free rein in this "curious selection" of childlike poems about love and friendship, each accompanied by an equally absurd, stylized acrylic painting. Like Sandol Stoddard's I Like You, We Go Together! this book makes an offbeat Valentine's gift for anyone with a good sense of humor and a penchant for wordplay.

Let's go! -- We go together -- You are two (Kiwis) -- Totally! -- My doorbell -- FBF -- Mirth makers -- Two scallywags -- Scrootin' eyes -- Thank you -- Roller buddy -- Taking note -- Laughers -- My closer -- Snow globes -- Backup -- Because of you -- Your smile.

"A collection of illustrated poems of love and friendship teeming with wit, whimsy, and wordplay from New York Times bestselling author-illustrator, Calef Brown"-- Provided by publisher.

"In Calef Brown's poem "We Go Together," he jubilantly decrees: "We go together / like fingers and thumbs. / Basses and drums. / Pastries and crumbs." In "You Are Two (Kiwis)," he muses, "I am quite frequently, / reminded by thee / of a kiwi. / Either kind." Yes, silliness and sentimentality have free rein in this "curious selection" of childlike poems about love and friendship, each accompanied by an equally absurd, stylized acrylic painting. Like Sandol Stoddard's I Like You, We Go Together! this book makes an offbeat Valentine's gift for anyone with a good sense of humor and a penchant for wordplay"-- Provided by publisher.

Publishers Weekly Starred Review (10 December 2012).

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