Blueberry Girl by Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess. ill. New York: Harper Collins, 2009. ISBN-13: 978-0060838089
Vess' charming esoteric illustrations are well-matched to Gaiman's verse in this picturebook created as a blessong onto a child called Blueberry Girl.
    - Media: Pen and Ink with Watercolors
    - Rating: 5Q/5P

    - Curricular Connections: Grades 5-10 Language Arts
    - Special Category: use of rhyme through the text and/or through the illustrations. There are several rhymes in iambic pentameter, "kind" and "mind" are rhymed, as are "wise" and "eyes"

    - Special Category: use of rhythm through the text and/or through the illustrations. The poetry in this picture book is in iambic pentameter.

CHA 8/1/09