Status
Available
Call number
Call number
811.54 Pom
Local notes
811.54 Po
Collection
Genres
Publication
Greenwillow (1993), Hardcover
Description
A collection of twelve poems using eleven languages, including "If I Had a Paka" with Swahili words; "Lulu, Lulu, I've a Lilo" with Samoan words; and others.
Awards
Jane Addams Children's Book Award (Honor Book — 1983)
CCBC Choices (Poetry — 1982)
Language
Physical description
10.25 inches
User reviews
LibraryThing member aalkurd
I love this book. I would use this with my future students because it was written in eleven different languages. Young minds love new, unfamiliar things.
LibraryThing member Cheryl_in_CC_NV
Charming verses, good for multicultural awareness. I especially liked the the verse with the Japanese words:
*A Hikoka in a Hikoki*
Whenever someone asks me what I want to be,
I answer a hikoka in a hikoki:
A pilot in an airplane -- brave, alone, and free.
Unless, of course, I chanced to meet another
Whenever someone asked her what she would like to be,
Answered a hikoka in a hikoki.
In which case -- oh, what fun! -- she could fly the plane with me.
*A Hikoka in a Hikoki*
Whenever someone asks me what I want to be,
I answer a hikoka in a hikoki:
A pilot in an airplane -- brave, alone, and free.
Unless, of course, I chanced to meet another
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kid, and sheWhenever someone asked her what she would like to be,
Answered a hikoka in a hikoki.
In which case -- oh, what fun! -- she could fly the plane with me.
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