Come to My Party: And Other Shape Poems

Poetry in Motion A pair of picture books pays rhyming tribute to shapes and patriotism. Readers can enjoy concrete poems organized by season in Come to My Party: And Other Shape Poems by Heidi Roemer, illus. by Hideko Takahashi. For the springtime poem ""In the Nest,"" each line of text forms the hungry ""V"" of a baby bird's beak, and in the summery ""Watermelon"" the first verse forms a red semicircle (with the repeated black letter ""i"" for seeds), wrapped within the green ""rind"" of the second verse. Doughy children and animals populate the cheerful full-bleed acrylic illustrations. (Apr.)