Down in the Bottom of the Bottom of the Box

by JonArno Lawson, Alec Dempster (Artist)

Welcome to the world of JonArno Lawson, where sound rules supreme. It's a bizarre world, where wolves live on the moon, bears inhabit the sun and bleating lambs get stuck in traffic jams. Here Sleeping Beauty is an insomniac, Little Red Riding Hood is a wolf and Snow White just needed a friend to tell her to be wary of strangers.

Genres: Poetry

80 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2012

About the author

JonArno is the author of two books of poetry for adults, Love is an Observant Traveller and Inklings, as well as a contributor for The Chechens: A Handbook. The Man in the Moon-Fixer's Mask is his first book for children. He lives in Toronto, Canada, with his wife and two children.

Reviews

[Lauren · Rating 3 out of 5]

The cutout art in this collection is beautiful; although, I didn't get on with a lot of the poems. They're very whimsical, rhyme and sound based, which just isn't my thing. I would definitely recommend it to people who like that style.

[Michael Joseph · Rating 5 out of 5]

JonArno Lawson is consistently one of the best poets writing for children in North America.

[Darlene Reilley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing! I liked Identity the best.

[Acacia Ives · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a quick easy book of beautiful poetry. A review will be on my channel. Some where so simple i cried because it was so beautiful.

[Warlou Joyce Antonio · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Mara · Rating 4 out of 5]

A book of surreal poems with paper cuts of artist Alec Dempster. A whimsical read.

[Raine Sparling · Rating 4 out of 5]

Over all the poems were whimsical and meaningful. I'm sure they were written with a younger audience then myself in mind, but I enjoyed it a lot.