{"product_id":"wise-up-wise-down-a-poetic-conversation-isbn-9781536238990","title":"Wise Up! Wise Down!: A Poetic Conversation","description":"\u003cb\u003eFunny, thought-provoking, and bursting with curiosity, \u003ci\u003eWise Up! Wise Down! \u003c\/i\u003eis a lively conversation between two internationally known poets, illustrated by acclaimed artist Satoshi Kitamura.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow can laughter be more powerful than a sword? Why do days have names but not weeks? And do pigeons ever get a craving for cake? Two friends, esteemed poets John Agard and JonArno Lawson, take us on an inspiring, hilarious, and wondrous journey through poetry, asking questions and attempting answers as they discover that life really is forever and ever an adventure. Comprising more than seventy-five poems written in a call-and-response format, with each poem having a reply from the other poet, \u003ci\u003eWise Up! Wise Down! \u003c\/i\u003eis sure to inspire all readers to find humor in every day.Stimulating exchanges, often veering off in unexpected directions.\u003cbr\u003e—Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCreative ways young readers, too, can respond to poetry.\u003cbr\u003e—Booklist\u003cb\u003eJohn Agard \u003c\/b\u003eis a poet, playwright, and short story writer who grew up in Guyana, where his love of language was sparked by listening to cricket commentaries on the radio. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eWindrush Child: The Tale of a Caribbean Child Who Faced a New Horizon\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Sophie Bass. He has won many prizes, including a CLPE Poetry Award, the Queen’s Medal for Poetry, and a BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award. He has been a writer in residence at the BBC; Southbank Centre, in London; and the National Maritime Museum, in London. John Agard lives in England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJonArno Lawson\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning poet and writer who is the author of many books for children and adults, including \u003ci\u003eOver the Shop\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Day for Sandcastles\u003c\/i\u003e, both illustrated by Qin Leng. He has received the Lion and the Unicorn Award for Excellence in North American Poetry four times and has won the Governor General’s Literary Award. JonArno Lawson has taught children’s poetry at Simmons College in Boston and lives in Toronto with his family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSatoshi Kitamura\u003c\/b\u003e is the creator of more than twenty picture books and has illustrated books by John Agard, Colin McNaughton, Hiawyn Oram, and others. The illustrator of a  \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Children’s Book of the Year, Satoshi Kitamura was presented with a Mother Goose Award for “most exciting newcomer to British illustration,”  and his books have been translated into multiple languages. He lives in Japan.Hello, out there!\u003cbr\u003e I’m John Agard.\u003cbr\u003e I’m supposed to be a poet.\u003cbr\u003e I’ll do my best to live up to it!\u003cbr\u003eJA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd I’m the other JA—\u003cbr\u003e JonArno Lawson.\u003cbr\u003e Be on your guard with Agard,\u003cbr\u003e and with Lawson, use caution.\u003cbr\u003eJL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBelieve Me, Coyotes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo sharp-fanged fawn-colored \u003cbr\u003e     messengers stand ready\u003cbr\u003e at the bars of my back gate.\u003cbr\u003e What news have you brought me, wily duo?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Am I seeing double,\u003cbr\u003e or is fate\u003cbr\u003e just doubling my trouble?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Either way, I only have room in my mind \u003cbr\u003e     for one of you.\u003cbr\u003e But which one?\u003cbr\u003e The one who draws me in or the one who \u003cbr\u003e     scares me off?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e On the page it’s different.\u003cbr\u003e Here on the page\u003cbr\u003e I can give you equal attention.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e You can both appear as you appeared in the \u003cbr\u003e     dry grass\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e beside my gate. And I can even tell you \u003cbr\u003e     apart now:\u003cbr\u003e one with a hurt paw, the other with curious fur\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e carrying news, which, once you saw me,\u003cbr\u003e became unimportant.\u003cbr\u003e Anyway, you had only one unspeakable word \u003cbr\u003e     between you\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e and even if you had been able to say it\u003cbr\u003e I couldn’t have written it.\u003cbr\u003e Besides, if I say\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e who would believe it (except maybe my \u003cbr\u003e     friend John)?\u003cbr\u003e That I saw two coyotes\u003cbr\u003e whose shadow turned two into one.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e JL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUNBELIEVABLE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy friend JonArno,\u003cbr\u003e who (as it so happens)\u003cbr\u003e lives in Toronto,\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e discovered out of the blue,\u003cbr\u003e not one but two, yes, two\u003cbr\u003e coyotes in his back garden.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Lucky devil! In my English\u003cbr\u003e garden, what do I discover?\u003cbr\u003e No less than a posse of bugs,\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e slugs, wood lice, snails,\u003cbr\u003e the odd glowworm,\u003cbr\u003e in short, creepy-crawlies!\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e All leaving their gooey trail!\u003cbr\u003e But since coyotes are known to be\u003cbr\u003e tricksters who don’t mind a lie,\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e just you wait, next time I send\u003cbr\u003e that JonArno an email,\u003cbr\u003e I’ll say, guess what, mate?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Beside my bed of roses,\u003cbr\u003e right out of the summer blue,\u003cbr\u003e I spotted not one, but two\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e hippos. Yes, two. And the way\u003cbr\u003e they struck up their poses\u003cbr\u003e for a selfie was unbelievable!\u003cbr\u003e Don’t you believe me?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e JA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuestions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf I perch\u003cbr\u003e in a cage\u003cbr\u003e am I a bird?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e If I lie\u003cbr\u003e on a page\u003cbr\u003e am I a word?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e If I hang\u003cbr\u003e from a branch\u003cbr\u003e am I a fruit?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e If I hide\u003cbr\u003e in the earth\u003cbr\u003e am I a root?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e O answers\u003cbr\u003e are folly\u003cbr\u003e when questions bring bliss.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Without questions, can I exist?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e JA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShould I Be Me?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWho’s who?\u003cbr\u003e I’m me.\u003cbr\u003e You’re you.\u003cbr\u003e We’re we.\u003cbr\u003e He’s he.\u003cbr\u003e She’s she.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e So tell us\u003cbr\u003e what to do—\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Should he be she?\u003cbr\u003e Should she be he?\u003cbr\u003e Should I be me\u003cbr\u003e or you?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e JL","brand":"Candlewick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304841105637,"sku":"NP9781536238990","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781536238990.jpg?v=1767744403","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/wise-up-wise-down-a-poetic-conversation-isbn-9781536238990","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}