wish the narrator didn't say 'pierre' to rhyme with 'plíe', but...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBWV8Hst47E&t=152s

Little Kid Reaction: My boys enjoyed the illustrations in this book. They loved looking at the pictures and asked to read it several times.

Big Kid Reaction: I didn't like it the first time I read it, but after several readings, I LOVED this book. Each time I found more meaning and value in the words AND the illustrations. I wish I had read this book in my college literature classes -- I would have understood poetry (reading it, interpreting it, understanding it, writing it) much, much better. The way the boy meanders through what others say about poetry, and then weaves it at the end, is just beautiful. Very elegant, yet eclectic enough to be poetic (not overly practical or dry).

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