I Feel a Little Jumpy Around You: A Book of Her Poems and His Poems Collected in Pairs
Naomi Shihab Nye and Paul B. Janeczko have paired poems from female and male writers to present readers with language-rich, eye-opening juxtapositions that explore a wide range of experiences and perceptions from the perspective of gender. Sometimes disparate, sometimes in apparent harmony, the selected pairs of poems, from poets across the United States and from other countries, are about aspects of daily life, relationships, and other acts small and large that are the seed and the soil of poem-making. Separate introductions by Nye and Janeczko, as well as a delightful running commentary between them on the opening and end pages of the text, lend readers insight into things the editors were considering while selecting the poems for this excellent collection which celebrates the union of language, ideas and understanding. ©1996 Cooperative Children's Book Center
CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 13 and older
Age Range:
Grades 6-8 (Ages 11-13)
Grades 9-12 (Age 14 and older)
Format:
Poetry
Subjects:
Anthologies
Boys and Men
Girls and Women
Perspective/Point of View
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Publish Year: 1996
Pages: 256
ISBN: 00689805187
CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 811 Nye