Synopsis
Twenty–nine poems about spring are illustrated with Douglas Florian's distinctive and buoyant watercolours and extol the many virtues of the season–from those muddy puddles and emerging bulbs to rain showers and rainbows and that first day without mittens. Concrete poems, humour, ingenious wordplay, and audience appeal make this a consummate companion to the acclaimed poet's first three seasonal collections.
Publishers Weekly
Completing his cycle of seasonally-linked poems (Winter Eyes; Summersaults; Autumnblings), Douglas Florian presents Handsprings, suitably mud-spattered and unpredictable. He runs the gamut from "What I Love About Spring" ("Caterpillars creep,/ Peepers peep") to "What I Hate About Spring" ("Bumblebees/ Skinned knees"), including such defining characteristics as "The March Wind" ("The March wind howls. The March wind growls"). With his neatly framed watercolors of buds and raindrops, this cheery collection brims with "silly daffodilly" reminders that winter doesn't last forever. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.