We Go Together!
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- $4.99
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
In Calef Brown’s poem “We Go Together,” he jubilantly decrees: “We go together / like fingers and thumbs. / Basses and drums. / Pastries and crumbs.” In “You Are Two (Kiwis),” he muses, “I am quite frequently, / reminded by thee / of a kiwi. / Either kind.” Yes, silliness and sentimentality have free rein in this “curious selection” of childlike poems about love and friendship, each accompanied by an equally absurd, stylized acrylic painting. Like Sandol Stoddard’s I Like You, We Go Together! this book makes an offbeat Valentine’s gift for anyone with a good sense of humor and a penchant for wordplay.
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Despite its greeting-card size, Brown's collection of 18 love and friendship poems is anything but stock. In "FBF," two friends share memories about their "greenish phase" ("We... concocted strange juices/ with lettuce and kale./ We trained an iguana/ to get us the mail"), while later poems discuss gratitude ("My mind was in a panic,/ but you remained calm,/ ready to do battle/ with the splinter in my palm") and laughter ("I cackle/ and you chortle./ Together we chorkle"). Brown's bean-nosed, long-legged monsters, and eccentrically attired dogs, cats, and humans are as unusual and memorable as ever, as he pairs a heaping spoonful of nonsense with unexpected yet genuine observations about the joy of companionship. Ages 4 8.
