Joyful Noise

Written to be read aloud by two voices sometimes alternating sometimes simultaneous here is a collection of irresistible poems that celebrate the insect world from the short life of the mayfly to the love song of the book louse. Funny sad loud and quiet each of these poems resounds with a booming boisterous joyful noise. In this remarkable volume of poetry for two voices a companion to I Am PhoenixPaul Fleischman verbally recreates the Boomingboisteriosjoyful noise of insects. The poems resound with the pulse of the cicada and the drone of the honeybee. Eric Beddowss vibrant drawings send each insect soaring spinning or creeping off the page in its own unique way. Paul Fleischman has created not only a clear and fascinating guide to the insect world from chrysalid butterflies to whirligig beetles but an exultant celebration of life.