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Informationen zum Autor Arnold Adoff has written over twenty-five books of poetry for young readers! including Slow Dance Heartbreak Blues! illustrated by William Cotton; and Street Music: City Poems! illustrated by Karen Barbour! both of which are available at your local library. He is the author of Malcolm X! illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez! and has also edited The Poetry of Black America. He has received the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children! and his trademark "shaped speech" writing style and his rhythmic poems have made him one of the most renowned children's poets of our time. Mr. Adoff and his wife! celebrated author Virginia Hamilton! live in Yellow Springs! Ohio. Karen Barbour has illustrated many books for children! including You Were Loved Before You Were Born ; Fire! Fire! Hurry! Hurry! ; I Have an Olive Tree ; and Marvelous Math: A Book of Poems ! which was a Parents' Choice Gold Award winner. She wrote and illustrated Little Nino's Pizzeria ! a Reading Rainbow selection. Her paintings have been exhibited in New York! Los Angeles! San Francisco! Tokyo! and Rome. She lives in Point Reyes Station! California. Zusammenfassung This jazzy paean to city life features original poems about skyscrapers! Sunday concerts in the park! and even honking taxis snarled in traffic jams—all illustrated with exuberant paintings that sway with an infectious rhythm all their own. 1995 "Pick of the Lists" (ABA) Best Books of 1995 (SLJ) Notable Children’s Books of 1996 (ALA)
