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A review by faeriedrumsong
Bronzeville Boys and Girls by Gwendolyn Brooks
5.0
It is a random week in the middle of a random month. You're looking around and your eye alights on a child. Suddenly, a short bit of poetic musing about the child pops into your head.
That is what this book feels like to me. I could imagine the neighborhood, the people, the feeling. In such short spaces of time, the characters were fully realized. The artwork is simple but not simplistic, carrying a lot of emotion in a few lines and swaths of color.
Very nice collection of short poetry for ANYONE. I wouldn't limit this to children. Yes, they are short poems, but while a child will feel satisfied with what the words say, an adult can think about what the words leave unsaid, and the stories that happen *after* the poems are over, and that is the best part, in my opinion!
That is what this book feels like to me. I could imagine the neighborhood, the people, the feeling. In such short spaces of time, the characters were fully realized. The artwork is simple but not simplistic, carrying a lot of emotion in a few lines and swaths of color.
Very nice collection of short poetry for ANYONE. I wouldn't limit this to children. Yes, they are short poems, but while a child will feel satisfied with what the words say, an adult can think about what the words leave unsaid, and the stories that happen *after* the poems are over, and that is the best part, in my opinion!