In today's poetry title you will meet another child who loves origami and who builds a little world with the little paper creations he makes.
Kristine O’Connell George
Illustrated by Lauren Stringer
Poetry Picture Book
For ages 6 to 9
Harcourt, 2005, 978-0-152-02501-4
Origami is the traditional Japanese art of folding paper
to create little paper animals and flowers. Often people who enjoy creating
Origami use special paper that can be one solid color or that is printed with
many intricate and colorful designs. Though the paper creations look simple,
some of them take a lot of skill to make.
In this book the
author explores the world of origami in a unique way, taking us into through
the day of a little boy who enjoys making the often beautiful paper sculptures.
We begin in the morning, when the little boy greets the day with an origami
rooster. A buffalo with a “shaggy head” gallops across the tablecloth during
breakfast. There is a camel on the table too, but something went wrong with the
folding process and the poor animal is not standing up properly. The boy leans
the camel against a salt shaker “sand dune” so that he can “double-check the
directions.”
In his room, the
little boy’s green origami dog has three new dogs friends made with printed
paper. On the book shelf a black crow origami is hiding in the shadows, and a
lion and cheetah are racing across the floor to see who is fastest.
The little boy
spreads out his origami paper on a table and examines his treasure trove of
colors. What will he make next?
In this lovely
book clever illustrations are paired with beautifully spare yet evocative poems
to show us how simple paper animals can brighten a boy’s day, providing him
with hours full of creativity and play. After reading this book young readers
might be tempted to try making some origami animals and flowers themselves.