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School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 1997
PreS-Gr 4 Twelve poems, one for each month, present images of life in the city over the course of a year. Short sentences, sensory images, and active verbs will appeal even to preschoolers ("February clatters./Tin cans rattle./A bitter wind lashes at the/trash in the gutter"). Some of the details Henderson chooses are expected (the poem for May, for instance, is set in a green and flowery park), whil...Log In or Sign Up to Read More