Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices

Review of Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman from Amazon.com

Winner of the 1989 Newbery Award, Joyful Noise is a children's book of poetry about insects that was designed for two readers to enjoy together. On each page are two columns of verse for children to alternate reading aloud about the lives of six-legged creatures ranging from fireflies writing in the sky to a love affair between two lice, crickets eating pie crumbs and the single day in the life of a mayfly. Charming large scale soft-pencil illustrations enhance the comical, easy-to-read text. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Again my 7 year old LOVED this poetry book. She read it again and again. She listened to the audio version in the car for weeks. She took it to school and shared it with friends. I liked the way the 2 voices could be used. I didn't enjoy the audio version as much as the print with 2 actual people. It was interesting to see the words side by side and when each reader was supposed to come in with their part. I felt the audio version needed more pizazz with background music or something, but then again it is now on Cecelia's MP3 player so there is something I missed!