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Dear World
by
Takayo Noda
A child's world is full of beauty. Each day offers new discoveries to celebrate. Just in time for National Poetry Month, this luminous compilation of poems gives readers a look at the world through a child's eye. Each poem takes the form of a child's letter to the Earth and all its creatures and is accompanied by exquisite cut-paper collages. This breathtaking collection c...more
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
March 17th 2005
by Puffin
(first published March 10th 2003)
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Dear World by Takayo Noda is a collection of poems that are written letters from children to the Earth. They talk about the sky, cars, Valentines Day and many other things. The pictures represent what is being told in the poems through the child's eyes so it gives you a chance as the reader to see how children see the world compared to how older people see the world. I liked how this was a different approach to poetry making the children the main focus of the poems and talking about how they see...more
This book is a collection of poetry. The poems in this book are about different objects in the world. A few examples from the book include: snow, valentines, cars, oceans, stars, the sky, apples and the world. The book seems to be written from a child's perspective and how they view different things. The poems are written in a way that reads as a short letter. For example: "dear tulips" is one of the titles of a poem.
There is not rhyme theme at all in this collection. There is no clear rhyme sc...more
There is not rhyme theme at all in this collection. There is no clear rhyme sc...more
Dear World, by Takayo Noda, is a wonderful book of poems that allows readers to see the world through the eyes of a child. Each page is a new poem about a different aspect of the world and nature. The poems are beautifully enhanced with amazing illustrations which help the reader to visualize how this child sees the world around her. As readers journey through this amazing poetic picture book, they will feel the quietness of the dawn, the warmth of the sun, and the crispness of the leaves under...more
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PreS-Gr. 1. Artist Noda's images are luminous indeed: her collages, made from handmade paper and watercolor, have a wonderful three-dimensional quality to them. Layered and patterned almost like quilts, her pictures marry dreamlike perspectives and juxtapositions with deep jewel colors. Each nonrhymed verse is addressed like a letter--"dear stars," "dear tulips," "dear ocean"--as she relates to the natural world with a child's frank curiosity. There is, unfortunately, an awkwardness...more
PreS-Gr. 1. Artist Noda's images are luminous indeed: her collages, made from handmade paper and watercolor, have a wonderful three-dimensional quality to them. Layered and patterned almost like quilts, her pictures marry dreamlike perspectives and juxtapositions with deep jewel colors. Each nonrhymed verse is addressed like a letter--"dear stars," "dear tulips," "dear ocean"--as she relates to the natural world with a child's frank curiosity. There is, unfortunately, an awkwardness and a sentim...more
This poetry book is presented as a collection of letters written by children, to the planet earth. It is very creative and filled with many different feelings and experiences associated with childhood. When reading the poems you really do feel like you are looking at an expereince through the eyes of a child. I especially enjoyed the winter poem where a child apologizes for having a cold that prevents them from making a snowman. This is a great collection that children can relate to and it also...more
This wonderful poetry book displays a variety of short poems that include a sense of joy for the world around us. The book in written in a child's voice and shows the hope for many things around us. Each poem does not necessarily have the ending the child would think might happen. Each poem captures the creative imagination of children everywhere. Warmth and love are felt through every aspect of this book. The wonderful illustrations are so engaging and remarkable. Everything about this book is...more
Poetry
Dear World by Takayo Noda was a very good and simple poetry book. All the simple poems that were included were basic, yet contained a stories within themselves. I really liked the stories that realted to the simple concepts like snow, birds, apples, and turtles. Even though most of the poems did not rhyme, which is sterotypical definition of poetry through a child's eyes, I still thought that a child could make out that it was still poetry. The illustrations also contributed alot to the po...more
Dear World by Takayo Noda was a very good and simple poetry book. All the simple poems that were included were basic, yet contained a stories within themselves. I really liked the stories that realted to the simple concepts like snow, birds, apples, and turtles. Even though most of the poems did not rhyme, which is sterotypical definition of poetry through a child's eyes, I still thought that a child could make out that it was still poetry. The illustrations also contributed alot to the po...more
This is a beautiful written and illustrated book. The poems are fun to read and the pages are so bold and sharp colors that are made of cut paper collages and water color. Each poem starts as a letter Dear Fish, Dear Car, Dear Snow, etc...
There is a website that has suggested activities to go along with the book. http://ux1.eiu.edu/~psstorm/Monarch08...
Genre: Poem
Grades K-3
Activities:
1. Have students write their own Dear World poems.
2. As an art color lesson have student make their own collage.
3...more
There is a website that has suggested activities to go along with the book. http://ux1.eiu.edu/~psstorm/Monarch08...
Genre: Poem
Grades K-3
Activities:
1. Have students write their own Dear World poems.
2. As an art color lesson have student make their own collage.
3...more
Poetry.
This book was beautifully illustrated. It’s a perfect book to have in the classroom because it is written by children. I liked the theme of the poems, all about how world and how special it is.
This book was beautifully illustrated. It’s a perfect book to have in the classroom because it is written by children. I liked the theme of the poems, all about how world and how special it is.
This was a beautiful book of poetry about nature and other things in the world as witnessed through the eyes of a child. The illustrations are especially unique as they are the cut out collage look.
This collection of poems contains letters to various objects in our world, such as the sun, tulips, a car or the ocean. The poems describe the authors feelings toward each object.
The illustrations in this book are diecut collages! The poems observing objects and nature sound like prayers to me.I liked "Dear Fish," "Dear Sun" and "Dear Tulips."
This poetry/picture book is laid out as a child issues letters to to the world, sun, birds, etc. I liked the illustrations, by the author,more than the poetry.
A child's letter poems to the (mostly) natural world. Sweet. Five year old Lyra says, in the middle of it, "Oh! This is a GOOD book!"
All the poems in the book are childrens poems. They are portrayed in the book from a childs point of view. All of the poems are about nature and some contain animals. This book would be good for young readers being introduced to poetry.
beautiful illustrations that match the well written poems...
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