Poems, Paintings, and Serious Nonsense
Written and Illustrated by Calef Brown
Up Verses Down : Poems, Paintings, and Serious Nonsense is a wonderful book of silly poetry. It has beautiful illustrations to entice the reader and fun, rhythmic rhyming to twist your tongue. The vocabulary in this book makes it better suited for advanced readers, but the pictures give it a younger feel. One of the most interesting things about this book is the different meter types found in the poems, some are more traditional while others are more artistic. The poems in the book are about all kinds of crazy things including food, animals, sleeping, people, and “junk.” This book is definitely worth a read!
Reviewed by Candis MacDonald, Media Clerk, Granger Elementary
Review shared in September 2019
Rating: ★★★½✩ (3.5 stars)
Interest Level: Grades K-6
Author/Illustrator Website: https://www.calefbrown.com/
Up Verses Down: Poems, Paintings, and Serious Nonsense
Written and Illustrated by Calef Brown
Henry Holt and Company
80 pages
Release Date: June 18, 2019
ISBN: 9780805099294
A review copy was provided by the publisher.
