I Am Phoenix : Poems for Two Voices

I Am Phoenix
Author(s): Paul Fleischman

At first light the finches
are flitting about the trees

Flittering
fluttering
flit
purple finches
flit
Fluttering
flittering
fly
painted finches
fly.

In this companion volume to Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices, the winner of the 1989 Newbery Medal, Paul Fleischman celebrates the sound, the sense, the essence of birds. Written to be spoken aloud by two voices, sometimes alternating, sometimes simultaneous, these poems perfectly capture the beauty of birds in their singing, soaring, and rejoicing.

Review(s):


Library of Congress Children’s Books, Notable Children’s Book in the Language Arts (NCTE), New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age

ISBN:  9780064460927