I was so blessed to be given a copy of this delightful book from the publishers Allen & Unwin. This beautiful book is a collection of poems written by Janeen Brian and illustrated by Anne Spudvillas. The poems tell about the daily life in a Himalayan village. Janeen has a way with words, capturing the sounds and images of the routine tasks of gathering water, washing clothes and playing with a ladder as a seesaw. Anne's illustrations are vivid and demonstrate the innocence and delight in the faces of the children in the village.
I can't wait to share this book with my class. I want to explore with them the beautiful imagery and figurative language used. It's a wonderful book to illustrate the effective use of repetition, personification and alliteration at the same time as comparing our daily life with that of the children portrayed in the poems.
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