Review of the Day: Up Verses Down by Calef Brown

Up Verses Down: Poems, Paintings, and Serious NonsenseBy Calef BrownHenry Holt (an imprint of Macmillan)$19.99ISBN: 978-0-8050-9929-4Ages 9-12On shelves now

Calef Brown gives me hope for the world.

A bold statement but not an inaccurate one. Bear with me on my reasoning on this one, because I think I’m on to something. First off, I want you to think long and hard about what the role of published children’s poetry is in the 21st century. How do publishers approach it? Do they think it sells?...