Poems to See By written by Julian Peters - ADVISABLE

Poems to See By: A Comic Artist Interprets Great Poetry by JulianPeters, 160 pages. POETRY GRAPHIC NOVEL. Plough Publishing House, 2020. $24. 9780874863185

Language: PG (1 swear, 0 “f”); Mature Content: PG; Violence: PG

BUYING ADVISORY: MS - OPTIONAL, HS - ADVISABLE

AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH

Peters takes 24 classic poems and breathes new life into them by illustrating each work in a comic-strip format. The poems cover a variety of topics, but all of them invite the reader to look at the world and themselves differently.

I was captivated from the very first poem, excited to see what amazing things Peters would continue to do with the poems he had chosen. By using illustrations to help readers visualize the poems, readers gain new perspectives to consider. My favorite thing about this book is that each unique poem also gets a unique illustration; Peters uses all different art styles throughout the book, and the variety only made me more excited to see what would come next.

Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen