*LET YOUR IMAGINATION TAKE WING with childlike delight*

books:

	• Don't Step on the Sky: A Handful of Haiku Miriam Chaikin Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2002 - 32 pages average customer review:based on 1 review view larger image
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*LET YOUR IMAGINATION TAKE WING with childlike delight*

It would be too bad if author Miriam Chaikin and illustrator Hiroe Nakato are not acquainted and on their way to a true friendship. Their work is combined in this truly happy book, "Don't Step on the Sky." It is "a handful of Haiku" for children, small in size and illustrated in spritely, colorful watercolors.

Haiku is sometimes quirky in a way that nudges the imagination - - its 'rules' are not rigid and thus unleash a child'd language like kites:

"After the rain a puddle.
Careful.
Don't step on the sky."

According to illustrator Hiroe Nakato, "THE IDEAL LIFE IS TO HAVE HAIKU EYES AND SENSES" and that is lovely, serious goal for a healthy, contented hife. Read & Enjoy; Read Aloud to Children, then savor their JOY!

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Poetic gems for the very young."After the raina puddle. Careful.Don't step on the sky."This whimsical collection of poems in the haiku tradition celebrates the joy and wonder of nature. The twenty-eight playful poems take the young reader from early morning, through the day, and into the night's "gallery of diamonds." Sometimes serious, sometimes funny, but always surprising, these poems are sure to capture the imagination.