FLICKER FLASH
FLICKER FLASH REVIEWS:
"A vivid fusion of ingenious concrete poetry and boldly colored graphics that celebrate the many shapes and forms of light. From the joyous whoop of sunlight's 'dynamite, ring-/a-ding day,' to the flash of the open camera shutter that 'will spill/onto my film/to make time/stand still,' readers will delight in the many images presented to the eye and to the mind. This companion volume to Graham's water-wonderful Splish Splash will be equally at home in units on science, poetry, and art, and will surely inspire children. This one dazzles." --School Library Journal, starred review
"stunningly delicious . . . captivates the eye as well as the ear . . . luminous adventures . . . that feel as hypnotic as staring into a flickering flame . . . Graham has a tactile, flexible gift with language and a contagious sense of playfulness and joy . . . The poems are funny and uplifting . . . It is hard to imagine a more perfect duet between words and images than the one performed in Flicker Flash." --Naomi Shihab Nye, Riverbank Review
"extraordinarily clever . . . this will bewitch readers with both sound and shape." --Booklist
"Her evocative rhyming text combines wisdom and wonder, and is well complemented by Nancy Davis's ingenious designs." --Joyce Sidman, Children's Literature Network
"this volume should have particular appeal to visual learners." --The Horn Book
"A perfectly enlightening introduction to the fun of playing with words and rhyme." --Family Life
"From fireflies to fireworks, light is a source of wonder to children. FLICKER FLASH, by Joan Bransfield Graham, explores the subject with panache. Illustrations by Davis are not just around the words but in and of them . . . . The night grins, spotlights illuminate a performer, lightning flashes, shutters let light onto film and baby chicks hatch from eggs under incubator bulbs in this delightful picture book." --Washington (D.C.) Parent
"Each of these 23 quirky, deceptively simple poems is about light--the sun, a candle, a firefly, a flashlight--and accompanied by vibrant, yellow-lit illustrations." --Instructor Magazine
FLICKER FLASH has been chosen for the following honors:
*A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
*A National Council of Teachers of English
Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts
*A National Science Teachers Association-Children's Book Council
Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children for 2000
* "100 Titles for Reading and Sharing"--New York Public Library
*Riverbank Review "Children's Books of Distinction" Finalist
*"Highly Commended"--2000 Charlotte Zolotow Award
*Children's Literature Top Choice List 2000
*Top Ten Children's Books of 1999, Dr. Peggy Sharp
*Best of the Best," 1999, Chicago Public Library
*Bill Martin, Jr. Picture Book Award Nominee, Kansas
*Florida Children's Book Award 2001 Nominee
*Young Hoosier Book Award Nominee 2001-2002, Indiana
*Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award 2002 Nominee
*Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award 2002 Nominee
*California Collection 2001
Many of the poems from FLICKER FLASH appear in textbooks from kindergarten through college.