Booklist loves Flower Child!
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007Booklist, the Amercian Library Association’s Monthly Magazine of Media, recently gave the Flower Child Children’s Poetry DVD a big ol’ boost of flowery love! Read it below and smile!
From opening slow-motion shots of a girl running with a large, handheld windmill, this joyous DVD draws viewers into a vibrant yet serene world of play and poetry. Loosely structured around one day, represented by the sun and a ticking clock, this consists of a montage of stills and live-action shots of diverse children delighting in play, dance, nature, food, and more. The images are reflective of classic and contemporary poems energetically voiced by both child and adult readers. The varying tempos of drumming-troupe Mecca Bodega, folk-singer Clark Jones, and nature sounds match the moods of the poetry and images. Colorful captions reinforce the poems’ key ideas. The poets, including Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, and Emily Dickinson, are not identified until the conclusion of this enchanting production.
— Abby Alpert