The Rainbow Hand: Poems About Mothers and Children - Softcover

Reseña del editor

The poems in this collection are about mothers and their children, both from the child's perspective and the mother's. Ranging in subject from a child walking in her mother's comforting, protective shadow to a ten-year-old girl wondering if her mother was a freak when she was ten years old to a mother holding her infant son, these poems touch on all aspects of the mother/child relationship.

Here is "Mother's Heart":

My mother's heart

is a bottle

I want to fill

with warm milk

to soothe her hurts

with honey

to trap her bitterness

with a squirt

of Tabasco --

Shake her up!

Inspired by her memories of her mother and her own role as a mother of a young son, these poems, skillfully illustrated in full color by Jennifer Hewitson, create an honest portrait of timeless human connections. Sometimes funny, sometimes sarcastic, always sensitive, the poems will find a ready audience among young people.

Biografía del autor

Janet Wong (www.janetwong.com) is the author of more than two dozen books for children and teens, including picture books (THE DUMPSTER DIVER), poetry collections (TWIST: Yoga Poems), chapter books (MINN AND JAKE), an autobiography focusing on her writing process (BEFORE IT WRIGGLES AWAY), and a book of poems about voting (DECLARATION OF INTERDEPENDENCE: Poems for an Election Year). She is also the co-author of a series of humorous and provocative conversation-starting e-books for mothers: THE MOM QUIZ. Janet has performed at the White House and has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show. She lives in Princeton, NJ.