Haiku: Learn to Express Yourself by Writing Poetry in the Japanese Tradition
Patricia Donegan. Tuttle Publishing, $14.95 (64pp) ISBN 978-0-8048-3501-5
Two books launch the Asian Arts and Crafts for Creative Kids series: Origami by Michael LaFosse, and Haiku by Patricia Donegan. The first title begins with an introduction with suggestions and sources for finding good origami paper, as well as a brief synopsis of terms, techniques and symbols, then demonstrates over one dozen origami projects. Haiku offers a history of the Japanese poetic form and numerous tools to get young poets writing their own.
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Reviewed on: 12/01/2003
Genre: Fiction