Book Summary:
A collection of poems, each one is a single word and letters from the word make up a poem.
APA Reference of Book:
Raczka, B. (2011). Lemonade and other poems squeezed from a single word. New York, NY: Roaring Books Press.
Impressions:
When I read the first poem I was confused. I looked at it and was trying to see if it was a shape, but I realized its the word line after line omitting letters to create new words. Each page after a poem has the poem written out which was a good choice as some of them are hard to read trying to figure out where one word ends and another begins. For instance, the 'minivan' poem was hard to tell what they were saying for me until I read the page and found out there were a lot of names. I think this was a very creative way to write and display poetry, and it is interesting, but it is not my favorite way to read poetry.
Professional Review:
Gr 3–8--Raczka credits Andrew Russ for inspiring him to try his hand at creating poems by rearranging the letters of a single word. The letters that make up each word in the 22 selections are placed directly under the matching letters of the original word, which is used as the poem's title. The resulting odd spacing of letters and words adds an element of puzzlement to the deciphering of some words and requires a certain facility with the English language, along with the capability for recognizing words whose letters are placed horizontally, vertically or diagonally; backwards or forwards; separated by one space or six, or an entire line with no punctuation included. Each poem is printed on the verso of the following page with words in correct order. A clever, catchy, and challenging collection.
PHOTO (COLOR): Lemonade (Raczka)
Scheps, S. (2011). [Review of the book Lemonade: And other poems squeezed from a single word, by B. Raczka]. School Library Journal, 57(5), 137. Retrieved from http://www.slj.com
Library Uses: Teen poetry night, for readings and original poetry as well as show unorthodox ways to create poetry and inspire teens to think outside the box.
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