The Horn Book Magazine, September 1st, 2007
Linda Sue Park Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo (Poems); illus, by Istvan Banyai 40 pp. Clarion 10/07 ISBN 978-0-618-23483-7 $16.00 (g) (Intermediate)
Sijo is a traditional Korean form of poetry; commonly, "a sijo in English has three lines, each with fourteen to sixteen syllables," Park explains. The first two lines introduce and develop the topic; the third provides a twist, via "humor or irony, an unexpected image, a pun, or a play on words." Park demonstrates with twenty-seven sijo on the topics of seasons and routines of home and school. Perhaps the best example she includes is in her aut...
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