  | Stopping by jungle on a snowy evening Author: Morris, Richard T. | |
| Price: $23.78 | ||
Summary:
A clever twist on Robert Frost's classic poem where a little boy riding a hippo gets into quite an argument with the bard over what would be a far more interesting plot to the poem.
| Illustrator: | Rowan-Zoch, Julie |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (10/15/24)
Booklist (11/01/24)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 11/01/2024 In a hilarious duel over a certain famous poem, Robert Frost and a young passerby with no interest in quiet meditations on nature and life argue about how it should go: “He gives his harness bells a shake / Because he’s being attacked by a humongous snake!” In Rowan-Zoch’s cartoon scenes, the olive-skinned lad, astride a blue hippo in a jingle-bell collar, and the rumpled Mr. Frosty pass through snowy woods while tussling over rhymes, setting, and action—until a huge meteor hits the frozen lake (“There are no meteors in my poem!”) and the ensuing tidal wave carries the duo to a fork in the road. Cue the flash of creativity (“Hmmm— / two roads diverged in a wood, / and I—I took the one / less traveled by . . . / Hey, that’s not bad!”) cut short by a final, gleeful bellow of “ALIEN INVASION! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!” Readers may be divided over which version they prefer—or even tempted to suggest similar improvements for other classic poems. In any case, Morris does close with the original verse. - Copyright 2024 Booklist.
