It's the Sound of the Thing

Name: It's the Sound of the Thing
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SKU: 9781761212123
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100 new poems for young people

By Maxine Beneba Clarke

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It's the Sound of the Thing by Maxine Beneba Clarke, a delightful children's book, explores the magic and musicality of words through playful rhymes and vibrant illustrations. The story encourages young readers to appreciate the rhythm and sounds of language, engaging their imaginations and inviting them to listen closely to the beauty of words in everyday life. This book serves as an enchanting introduction to the wonders of sound and language for children.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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You might enjoy this book if you're seeking a playful and vibrant children's story filled with rhythm and creativity. With its engaging text and captivating illustrations, it could be a delightful read for children and adults alike who appreciate the joy of language and sound.

It's the Sound of the Thing

Description

It’s the Sound of the Thing is an exuberant and evocative collection of poetry for young people from Maxine Beneba Clarke, one of Australia’s most innovative and celebrated poets.

This extraordinary collection celebrates the joy of language and features enticing and relatable poems about everyday life – the sounds of the block, the boredom of detention, and the happenings in the schoolyard. Poems about candy, peanut butter, and pets. Poems about a big brother’s messy room, a grandfather’s fading memory, and a grandmother’s garden magic.

Through haiku, sonnets, narrative verse, rhyming couplets, limericks, free verse, tongue-twisters and more, Maxine invites readers to fall in love with the wonder that is poetry.

Winner – Australian Book Industry Awards 2024, Book of the Year for Younger Children
Shortlisted – DANZ Children's Book Award 2025
Shortlisted – Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2024
Best Australian Children's Books of 2023 – The Guardian
Best of 2023 – Aussie Bookstagang
One of Readings' 100 Bestselling Kids & YA Books of 2023

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781761212123

Publisher: Hardie Grant Children's Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 June 2023

Country: Australia

Imprint: Hardie Grant Children's Publishing

Illustration: Black & White

Audience: Children, Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 182g

Pages: 208

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Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Maxine Beneba Clarke New Zealand and Australia Published Young Adult

About the Author

Maxine Beneba Clarke is the author of the short fiction collection Foreign Soil, the memoir The Hate Race and the poetry collections Carrying the World and How Decent Folk Behave. Her children's picture books include the CBCA Honour book The Patchwork Bike and the illustrated poem When We Say Black Lives Matter, which was longlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal. She is currently Poet in Residence at The University of Melbourne.

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