Echo Echo
  • Published: 1 May 2016
  • ISBN: 9780803739925
  • Imprint: Dial
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $39.99

Echo Echo

Reverso Poems About Greek Myths

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16 Feb 2016
Hardback
1 May 2016
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From the acclaimed author of Mirror Mirror comes a new book of reversos, this time based on Greek myths

A new book of unique reversible poems based on Greek myths from the creator of Mirror Mirror  
 
What happens when you hold up a mirror to poems about Greek myths? You get a brand-new perspective on the classics! And that is just what happens in Echo Echo, the newest collection of reverso poems from Marilyn Singer. Read one way, each poem tells the story of a familiar myth; but when read in reverse, the poems reveal a new point of view! Readers will delight in uncovering the dual points of view in well-known legends, including the stories of Pandora’s box, King Midas and his golden touch, Perseus and Medusa, Pygmalion, Icarus and Daedalus, Demeter and Persephone, and Echo and Narcissus.
 
These cunning verses combine with beautiful illustrations to create a collection of fourteen reverso poems to treasure.
  • Published: 1 May 2016
  • ISBN: 9780803739925
  • Imprint: Dial
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $39.99
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About the author

Marilyn Singer

Marilyn Singer is the author of over 70 books for young readers, including Footprints on the Roof: Poems About the Earth and How to Cross a Pond: Poems About Water. The author lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Stephanie Roth has illustrated several chapter books for young readers. This is her first picture book. She lives in Shell Beach, CA.

Also by Marilyn Singer

Awe-some Days
Dog Says, Cat Says
A Raven Named Grip
Follow the Recipe
Feel the Beat: Dance Poems that Zing from Salsa to Swing
Follow Follow
Mirror Mirror
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Praise for Echo Echo

Praise for Mirror Mirror:

  • Six starred reviews
  • Eight best of the year lists
  • Over 20 state award nominations

    • * "A mesmerizing and seamless celebration of language, imagery and perspective." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review

    * "Masse's clever compositions play with symmetry, bringing this smart concept to its fullest effect." --Publishers Weekly, starred review

    * "Cleverly constructed and insightful."--The Horn Book, starred review

    * "Truly a visual, as well as a literary, puzzle and such a treat!" --Library Media Connection, starred review

    * "Fun, thoughtful, beautifully written poems that employ a poetic form called a reverso to spin a familiar fairy tale in a new direction." --Shelf Awareness, starred review


    Praise for Follow Follow:
  • Booklist's 30 Best Books of the Year
  • A Cybils Award finalist
  • An IRA Teachers' Choices Reading List pick

    • * "Singer and Masse's companion to Mirror Mirror is just as inspired as its predecessor." --Publishers Weekly, starred review

    * "Fun, thoughtful, beautifully written poems that employ a poetic form called a reverso to spin a familiar fairy tale in a new direction." --Shelf Awareness, starred review

    * "Singer's poetry begs to be read aloud as listeners savor Masse's accompanying illustrations. This is a must-have book for a library's poetry section as well as for any personal collection." --Library Media Connection, starred review

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