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Night Garden
Poems from the World of Dreams
By Wong, Janet S. & Paschkis, Julie
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68982-617-7
- Publisher
- New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, c2000.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2000
Gr 3-6 In the title poem, Wong compares the bed in which dreams happen with the tangled roots and blooms of a garden bed. The 14 poems that follow are about the people who appear in dreams, eating, swimming, flying, running, and falling. The poems use sound qualities-repetition, alliteration, and occasional rhyme-to capture each dream. Even poems about nightmares and anxieties are couched in gentle language that evokes wonder and thoughtfulness rather than ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
