Review of the Day – Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems selected by Paul B. Janeczko

Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems

Selected by Paul B. Janeczko

Illustrated by Melissa Sweet

Candlewick Press

$16.99

ISBN: 978-0-7636-4842-8

Ages 4-8

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Is reviewing works of poetry essentially a ridiculous thing to attempt? I’m not trying to be facetious or anything, I honestly want to know. It took me a long time to appreciate poetry on any level, but when I did I was able to come to it understanding that its closest relative in the arts world is music. Music that a person...