Description
Fans of clever poetry and numbers rejoice Nine is a book of nine-line poems called nonets, all about the number nine Hey
Hi there
Love nonets?
I'm sure you do.
What are they, you ask?
You don't know a nonet?
Not even one little one?
Actually, they're all the same size
They're poems, of course--and here's your first Each poem in this clever collection is a nonet: a nine-line poem that starts with nine syllables in the first line and ends with one syllable in the ninth line (or the reverse). But these nonets go even further Every one is also written with the number nine at its heart. There's plenty to love and learn: topics include the nine months it takes a baby to be born, cats' nine lives, baseball's nine players, and the nine-banded armadillo. Some feature history, such as the Little Rock Nine, the spacecraft Apollo 9, the ninth president; others explain idioms, like dressed to the nines, cloud nine, and the whole nine yards. Explore these and more with nonets galore
Author: Irene Latham
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Published: 04/02/2020
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.30h x 9.20w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781623541163
ISBN10: 1623541166
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American | General
Hi there
Love nonets?
I'm sure you do.
What are they, you ask?
You don't know a nonet?
Not even one little one?
Actually, they're all the same size
They're poems, of course--and here's your first Each poem in this clever collection is a nonet: a nine-line poem that starts with nine syllables in the first line and ends with one syllable in the ninth line (or the reverse). But these nonets go even further Every one is also written with the number nine at its heart. There's plenty to love and learn: topics include the nine months it takes a baby to be born, cats' nine lives, baseball's nine players, and the nine-banded armadillo. Some feature history, such as the Little Rock Nine, the spacecraft Apollo 9, the ninth president; others explain idioms, like dressed to the nines, cloud nine, and the whole nine yards. Explore these and more with nonets galore
Author: Irene Latham
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Published: 04/02/2020
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.30h x 9.20w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781623541163
ISBN10: 1623541166
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American | General
About the Author
Irene Latham is the author of more than a dozen books, including two novels for children: Leaving Gee's Bend and Don't Feed the Boy. Winner of the 2016 ILA Lee Bennett Hopkins Promising Poet Award, her poetry books for children include Dear Wandering Wildebeest, When the Sun Shines on Antarctica, Fresh Delicious, and Can I Touch Your Hair? (co-written with Charles Waters). Irene lives near Birmingham, Alabama.