Echo Echo: Reverso Poems about Greek Myths

Echo Echo: Reverso Poems about Greek MythsA new book of unique reversible poems based on Greek myths from the creator of Mirror Mirror What happens when you hold up a mirror to poems about Greek myths? You get a brand new perspective on the classics And that is just what happens in Echo Echo, the newest collection of reverso poems from Marilyn Singer. Read one way, each poem tells the story of a familiar myth; but when read in reverse, the poems reveal a new point of view Readers will delight

A new book of unique reversible poems based on Greek myths from the creator of Mirror Mirror

What happens when you hold up a mirror to poems about Greek myths? You get a brand-new perspective on the classics And that is just what happens in Echo Echo, the newest collection of reverso poems from Marilyn Singer. Read one way, each poem tells the story of a familiar myth; but when read in reverse, the poems reveal a new point of view Readers will delight in uncovering the dual points of view in well-known legends, including the stories of Pandora's box, King Midas and his golden touch, Perseus and Medusa, Pygmalion, Icarus and Daedalus, Demeter and Persephone, and Echo and Narcissus.

These cunning verses combine with beautiful illustrations to create a collection of fourteen reverso poems to treasure.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Dial Books
Published: 02/16/2016
ISBN: 9780803739925
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 10.10h x 10.10w x 0.60d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2015
Booklist 12/01/2015 pg. 40
Publishers Weekly 12/21/2015
School Library Journal 01/01/2016 pg. 121
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2016
School Library Journal 12/01/2016 pg. 40
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2016 pg. 202 - Recommended, Satisfactory