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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2007
Gr 2-5 This collection of 16 poems touches on the uplifting and emotional aspects of yoga, putting words to the spirit of the poses and evoking the energy and feelings of the practice. Wong's simple verses read almost like haiku, using imagery to get to the essence of the positions, rather than teaching how to perform them. On each spread, Paschkis's watercolor paintings frame both the poem and a child performing the pose with colorful fauna,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2007
"I am Mountain. / My stillness is never still." Most of the sixteen poems in this book focus on a particular yoga pose, such as "lion," "tree," or "warrior." Wong's verses effectively evoke their subjects in different ways, most notably when the narrators imagine themselves as the object of the pose, e.g., in "Mountain / Volcano:" "I am Volcano, / pulsing / with the earth's ener...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
Most of the sixteen poems in this book each focus on a particular yoga pose. Wong's verses effectively evoke their subjects, an...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
