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annaeap's review
5.0
A beautiful celebration of childhood. How lucky we all are to have the poems of Gwendolyn Brooks, who captured the South Side of Chicago and life universals so powerfully!
My favorite poem from the book:
Ella
Beauty has a coldness
That keeps you very warm.
"If I run out to see the clouds,
That will be no harm!"
So Ella left her oatmeal
And fleecy coat behind
And ran into the winter
Where there were clouds to find.
Mother-dear went following,
But reprimand was mild.
She knew that clouds taste better than
Oats to a little child.
My favorite poem from the book:
Ella
Beauty has a coldness
That keeps you very warm.
"If I run out to see the clouds,
That will be no harm!"
So Ella left her oatmeal
And fleecy coat behind
And ran into the winter
Where there were clouds to find.
Mother-dear went following,
But reprimand was mild.
She knew that clouds taste better than
Oats to a little child.
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