Marshmallow Clouds: Two Poets at Play Among Figures of Speech

"One summer day I was boiled and salted / like a peanut. I was the meat / in a heat sandwich, the dog in a hot. And a finer collection of poetry you couldn’t hope to find this year. Little wonder, as it comes to us via working poet Connie Wanek and Ted Kooser, a former U.S. poet laureate. Some adult poets may talk down to kids when they try their hand at verse for the young. Wanek and Kooser, in contrast, revel in evocative metaphors that are deepened and appreciated with the aid of Richard Jones’ hypnotic watercolors. (For ages 10 and up)"