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There Is a Flower at the Tip of My Nose Smelling Me
by Alice Walker
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ISBN13: 9780060570804 |
Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
< center> < p> There is a road< br> At the bottom< br> Of my Foot< br> Walking me. < /p> < /center> < p> In a beautifully poetic and gently provocative text, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker invites readers young and old to see the world — and our place in it — through new eyes. < /p> < p> Glowing colors and radiant images accompany this joyous celebration of the connections and interconnections between self, Nature, and creativity. < /p>
Review:
"Walker (The Color Purple; Finding the Green Stone) praises the surroundings that fortify the human experience. In her vision, people do not work their will on the things around them, but rather the people and the universe influence each other: 'There is a flower/ At the tip/ Of my nose/ Smelling/ Me./ There is a sky/ At the end/ Of my/ Eye/ Seeing/ Me.' Vitale (When the Wind Stops) paints great swaths of sunset sky that glow from the horizon, illuminating the serene face of a dreaming girl who looks as if she would be at home anywhere. 'There is a dance/ That lives/ In my bones/ Dancing/ Me,' reads the text, as the heroine, charged from within by streams of incandescent energy, leaps and sways in swirls of sunlight that stream out from her fingertips. 'There is a story/ At the end/ Of my arms,' Walker concludes, 'Telling/ Me!' Now a rainbow falls over the girl's face, and creation holds out marvelous possibilities. Smaller versions of herself surround the girl in a frieze: in these miniature images she flies, dives into the waves with a fish and climbs the leaves of an enormous white flower to kiss its face. It's less a story than an illuminated prayer — an expression of gratitude for one girl, all humans and the whole of the cosmos. All ages." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
Synopsis:
In a beautifully poetic and gently provocative text, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker invites readers to see the world and their place in it through new eyes. Full color.
Synopsis:
There is a road
At the bottom
Of my Foot
Walking me.
In a beautifully poetic and gently provocative text, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker invites readers young and old to see the world — and our place in it — through new eyes.
Glowing colors and radiant images accompany this joyous celebration of the connections and interconnections between self, Nature, and creativity.
About the Author
Alice Walker won the Pulitzer Prize and an American Book Award for her novel The Color Purple She has written numerous poems, essays, and short stories, including her most recent book, The Way Forward is With a Broken Heart Originally published in 1974, Langston Hughes: American Poet was Alice Walker's first book for children. This picture book biography is now back in print with a new author's note and beautiful new illustrations. Ms. Walker lives in Northern California.
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detteneri, May 5, 2007 (view all comments by detteneri)
new and simple way of celebrating senses that made me think and say, 'there's a world at the depths of my being, living me.'
Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780060570804
- Subtitle:
- Author:
- Illustrator:
- Vitale, Stefano
- Author:
- Author:
- Publisher:
- HarperCollins
- Subject:
- Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks
- Subject:
- Nature - General
- Subject:
- Poetry - General
- Subject:
- Children's 4-8 - Poetry / Plays
- Subject:
- Body, Mind & Spirit
- Subject:
- Poetry : General
- Subject:
- General
- Publication Date:
- May 2006
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- Grade Level:
- General/trade
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- , Y
- Pages:
- 32
- Dimensions:
- 11.22x8.70x.36 in. .84 lbs.
- Children's Book Type:
- Picture / Wordless
- Age Level:
- 100
