This book was challenging and fun. The book consists of a collection of poems written by Carl Sandburg accompanied by the illustrations of Istvan Banyai. Many of the poems contain a focus on simple, individual subject matters such as common body parts (eyes, fingers, nose, ears), manners, chairs, clocks and the sky. These poems often questioned the nature of what these subjects are by contrasting their meanings with false desciptions. When Sandburg would say what something isn't, Istvan Banyai would draw these negations as literal and pair them with another illustrations of what the poem says they are. This exemplified how the poems and illustrations worked together to create a deeper level of suggestion that both mediums could not create separately. Sandburg's poems were delightful, funny, and thought provoking. Banyai's illustrations were innovative, surreal, and appropriately suggestive. I thought this was a great book and a wonderfully successful collaboration. ( )

Semi-recently discovered Sandburg gets the full design treatment. And does not suffer for it. The boy loved it . . . especially The Moon, Eggs And Buttons, and Noses. ( )

A collection of meditations upon what children first encounter in their search for meaning, mixed in with some school experiences, with an approach to language and advanced concepts that makes it most suitable for 'tweens. ( )