Illustrated by: Josee Masse
Published by: Dutton/Penguin, 2010
Awards: An ALA Notable, winner of the Cybil Award in Poetry and the Land of Enchantment Picture Book Award, and nominee for the Texas Bluebonnet Award. Horn Book Fanfare list, New York Public Library's 2010 Best 100 Children's Books, 2010 Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books, Betsy Bird's 100 Magnificent Children's Books of 2010, Publishers Weekly's Best Children's Books of 2010, Booklist's Editors' Choice list and Washington Post's Top 15 Children's Books of 2010.
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(excerpt)
IN REVERSE
Who
says
it’s true–
down
is
the only view?
If you believe that,
this poem
will challenge
you.
Up
is
something new.
***
Something new
is
up.
You
will challenge
this poem
if you believe that
the only view
is
down.
It’s true.
Says who?
