Cool Melons--Turn to Frogs!: The Life and Poems of Issa by Matthew Gollub

Cool Melons--Turn to Frogs!: The Life and Poems of Issa

Matthew Gollub with Kazuko G. Stone (Illustrator)

40 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction biography poetry emotional reflective relaxing slow-paced
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For hundreds of years, school children in Japan have been introduced to poetry through the work of Issa. Born in 1763 on a farm in central Japan, Issa began writing poetry as a young child, inspired by his deep love for the natural world. Later in...

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