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Reviewed on April 1, 2000
Gr 6-9 This feast for the eyes and tongue was originally a series of radio ads for paint, later recorded as "word jazz." Here, Nordine's collection of poems about such unusual colors as chartreuse, magenta, and turquoise delight with their alliteration, offbeat rhythms, and wordplay. Azure wants "-every thought/it could azurely think/to be written in azure/with azure ink." "Fat" burgundy has been gaining weight from the "burginning." Yet along with the silliness there are some interesting things to...Log In or Sign Up to Read More