Wednesday, July 2, 2014

God Got a Dog by Cynthia Rylant - ADULTS

Rylant, Cynthia God Got a Dog, illustrated by Marla Frazee.  PICTURE BOOK.  Beach Lane (Simon and Schuster), 2003, 2013 (originally published without illustrations as part of a poetry collection).  $18.  Content: PG.  

This is not a poetry collection meant for children.  It is a poetry collection meant for hipster parents or as an intellectual exercise.  They will find the variety of God’s actions and the male/female God perspectives amusing.  The subjects of the free verse structures (again – like the majority of modern free verse, this lacks ANYTHING remotely poetic except for form) are jobs and attitudes that only adults will understand.   It will be a conversation starter on a coffee table or in a small book collection at home.  

ADULT.  Cindy, Library Teacher.

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