TEACHER BIG BOOK books----SING A SONG OF PEOPLE-----new

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This is an auction for a Classroom Big Book called SING A SONG OF PEOPLE written by Lois Lenski and illustrated by Giles Laroche BUY THIS BOOK AND GET FREE SHIPPING Big books are wonderful in early childhood classrooms for group reading and comprehension. Big books cost $25 to $40 in teacher supply stores and outlets. Title: SING A SONG OF PEOPLE Author: Lois Lenski Book Size: Classroom size----15” x 19” Book Condition: Brand New, never used Synopsis/Critiques: Synopsis Depicts the pleasures of city life, people alone and in crowds, smiling and hurrying, on the sidewalk, bus, and subway. Publishers Weekly Glorious" illustrations constructed of paper "celebrate" this poem about a boy and his dog rediscovering life in the city, said PW. School Library Journal Boston kids may enjoy playing ``spot the landmark'' on these pages, but out-of-towners will be harder put to find enduring interest Lenski's often-anthologized poem is pedestrianeven flat-footed. T is no appreciable logic or progression to the observations. If anything, the ``song of people'' is sung to a tune of alienation: ``people saying nothing,'' ``walking singly,'' in meaningless motion, ``who just hurry/ And never look at you!'' The final page proposes that we ``sing of city people/ You see but never know!'' Laroche's cut-paper constructions counterbalance read more