Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Review - Call Me Marianne by Jen Bryant



Title: Call Me Marianne


Series:: None


Author(s):: Jen Bryant


Genre:: Children's Picture Book


Summary: A Young Boy takes a bus trip on a bus to the zoo, where he meets poet Marianne Moore. They talk about animals and writing.


Finished: 04/7/09


Pages: 32


Challenges: none


Rating:


My Thoughts: This picture book is about a little boy meeting poet Marianne Moore at at a zoo. I found it less interesting than most picture books. It just seemed a little boring. The boy meets Marianne after she loses her hat. She then walks with him through the zoo and tells him about being a poet. But there was nothing fun about that, except maybe that they were at a zoo. Even that seemed tedious, though. One of Jen Bryant's better book is Abe's Fish, about Abraham Lincoln, which I reviewed also.


About the Author: Jen Bryant is a mother, writer and poet. Check out her and her books at http://www.jenbryant.com/

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