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32 pp.
| Boyds/Wordsong
| February, 2008
|
TradeISBN 978-1-59078-306-1$16.95
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Lori McElrath-Eslick.
Weisburd presents twenty-seven poems celebrating the freedom and utility of bare feet. Standouts include "Superfeet," "Trampoline," and "Feet of Engineering," all of which also play with form. Some of the poems (e.g., "That Picture") resort to nostalgia and have an old-fashioned sensibility that might not appeal to modern-day readers. Warm, flowing watercolors illuminate the pieces.