{"id":14693,"date":"2025-04-10T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=14693"},"modified":"2025-04-10T08:41:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:41:45","slug":"i-is-for-imagine-rhymes-of-hope-to-shout-together-by-bruno-tognolini-and-giulia-orecchia-translated-by-denise-muir-poetry-atoz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=14693","title":{"rendered":"I is for IMAGINE! Rhymes of hope to shout together, by Bruno Tognolini and Giulia Orecchia, translated by Denise Muir (Poetry) #AtoZ"},"content":{"rendered":"
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April is Poetry Month – and time to Imagine!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Translated from Italian, these wide-ranging wishes of children and those who love them have usual rhyming word pairs, as well as subtle ones:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If only the world outside could be taught
Not in the classroom — our teachers, they ought
To open the window, show how things happen
How much we’d fathom … Imagine!” (pg. 6)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vibrant collage illustrations accompany each of the 24 poems, which all begin with “If only” and end with the command\/wish\/dream “Imagine!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If only these things could change for the better
New days could dawn full of music and laughter
A drum beat to make all our heartbeats align
With love all the time … Imagine!” (pg. 45)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visit the publisher’s site https:\/\/www.redcometpress.com\/picturebooks\/imagine<\/a> for a teaching guide AND a video with all the poems as verses of a song!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What better world and neighborhood can you imagine?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info<\/strong>: Imagine!: Rhymes of hope to shout together \/ Bruno Tognolini, illustrated by Giulia Orecchia, translated by Denise Muir. Red Comet Press, 2022. [author site brunotognolini.com<\/a>] [artist site giuliaorecchia.it<\/a>] [publisher site https:\/\/www.redcometpress.com\/picturebooks\/imagine<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher, via Publisher Spotlight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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