Poem in My Pocket - by Chris Tougas (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"In this fanciful tale depicting the ups and downs of a writer's journey, a child is horrified to discover that all the words from a most carefully written poem have escaped through a ripped pocket. The young writer tries to capture all the escaped words, but they whirl and swirl in the wind -- mingling in mid-air to make fun puns and rhymes and comically mixing up with the signs and activities of a busy city street. Finally managing to gather all the words, the child tries to put the pieces of the poem back together, only for the wind to blow the words away once again. Tired and spent, and caught in a rainstorm, the despairing writer thinks all is lost ... only to discover that the whole arduous process has ended up with the poem growing into something even better than first imagined. The clouds part, and the sun shines down on a new creation: a Poet-Tree."--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>In this charming picture book allegory of the creative writing process, happenstance and weather events symbolize the emotional ebb and flow of writing a poem.I had a poem in my pocket, but my pocket got a rip.Rhymes tumbled down my legand trickled from my hip.Thus begins the journey of a young poet's words out into the world, where they join randomly with other words to form funny riffs and puns all over a busy city street. The child scrambles to capture the loose words and arrange them back into poem form, only to lose them again as a storm swoops in on a rushing wind. Eventually, the words plant themselves in the muddy ground, where they grow into something that might be even better than the original poem: a Poet-Tree.Not only a fanciful rhyming adventure tale, Chris Tougas's picture book is also a delightful allegory for the creative writing process. Perfect for classroom discussions about the emotional ups and downs of writing, this highly innovative book celebrating poetry and creativity is an excellent choice for National Poetry Month. It also showcases the magic of language and how much fun words can be. High-energy artwork by Josée Bisaillon is so full of words in flight and at play that children can pore over it again and again, and in the final spread, readers can search for rhyming pairs. An afterword discusses National Poetry Month and Poem in Your Pocket Day. This is a book that adult writers will also appreciate.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>... as a vehicle for getting little ones excited about words arranged in a particular and pleasing order, Tougas and Bisaillon's book is right in the pocket.--<i><b>Quill & Quire</b></i><br><br>Attractive and thought-provoking, Poem in My Pocket will be welcomed as a source of inspiration for would-be poets.--<i><b>CM Magazine</b></i><br><br>This book about wordplay strikes the write balance between silly and sincere.--<i><b>Kirkus Reviews</b></i><br><br>This is a whimsical, rhyming story that gives expression to the long frustration and toil that's often part of the artistic process.--<i><b>Booklist</b></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Chris Tougas is a writer and illustrator whose picture books include Mechanimals and Dojo Daycare. Chris lives in Victoria, British Columbia.
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