Nina Payne

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Werken van Nina Payne

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Summertime Waltz (2005) 41 exemplaren

Four In All (2001) 33 exemplaren

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Four in All door Nina Payne

Beautiful but not too much else. The book's poem consists of four nouns per page in rhyming couplets. There isn't really a plot--a girl is shown leaving home, but is she playing/imagining, or is this a "real" journey? Still, the rhythm is pleasant and the art is beautiful. Probably best for very young children.

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Summertime Waltz door Nina Payne

Surreal art poetry. Appropriate maybe for an art class, but not so much fun to read for young kids.

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Ireadwhatuwrite | 3 andere besprekingen | Jun 23, 2022 |

Summertime Waltz door Nina Payne

Excellent poetry beautifully rendered.

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jennybeast | 3 andere besprekingen | Apr 14, 2022 |

Four in All door Nina Payne

I dunno. The illustrations were mostly just too dark for me, not metaphorically gloomy but actually *dark* for my aging eyes. The rhyme is fun, but it feels like a playground chant, not like actual poetry. The gimmick overwhelms the sense - everything has to be in sets of four, and chosen to support the rhyme, which means the 'story' has to be painstakingly deciphered. I cannot imagine sharing this small quiet artsy book with an entire class or story-time. It might work for lapsit, in sunlight, with the right reader and audience. It certainly is pretty.… (meer)

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