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    Joyful Noise and I Am Phoenix
    Joyful Noise and I Am Phoenix
    Joyful Noise and I Am Phoenix
    Audiobook20 minutes

    Joyful Noise and I Am Phoenix

    Written by Paul Fleischman

    Narrated by John Bedford Lloyd and Anne Twomey

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Joyful Noise

    Written to be read aloud by two voices, sometimes alternating, sometimes simultaneous -- here is a recording of irresistible poems that celebrate the insect world, from the short life of the mayfly to the love song of the book louse. Funny, sad, loud and quiet, each of these poems resounds with a booming, boisterous, joyful noise. Winner of the 1989 Newbery Medal.

    I Am Pheonix

    I Am Phoenix is an exultant celebration of the sounds and essence of the bird world. A companion to Joyful Noise, written to be spoken aloud by two voices and masterfully performed by Lloyd and Twomey, these poems perfectly capture the beauty of birds in their singing, soaring and rejoicing.

    Performed by John Bedford and Anne Twomey

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateNov 11, 2008
    ISBN9780061762819
    Joyful Noise and I Am Phoenix
    Author

    Paul Fleischman

    Paul Fleischman's novels, poetry, picture books, and nonfiction are known for innovation and multiple viewpoints. He received the Newbery Medal for Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices and a Newbery Honor for Graven Images, and he was a National Book Award finalist for Breakout. His books bridging the page and stage include Bull Run, Seek, and Mind's Eye. For the body of his work, he's been the United States nominee for the international Hans Christian Andersen Award. He lives in California. www.paulfleischman.net.

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    • 3/5
      This audiobook has the 1989 Newbery winner, Joyful Noise, poems about insects, as well as an earlier, similar book, I Am Phoenix, poems about birds, by the same author. They are read aloud by anywhere from two to five voices.The most effective poems, though, were those read only by two (as the author intended) that also had few or no contrasting words spoken simultaneously. I found the overlapping in the latter often difficult to understand, especially when read aloud by more than two voices. In Joyful Noise, five voices were used on “Cicada” (its concluding line is the source of the book’s title) and “Whirligig Beetles.” All this did was make the poems too loud (they seemed to be shouting) and too difficult to understand.On the other hand, "Honeybees" was quite successful, even when overlapping, especially as voiced on the audiobook by a boy (the worker) and a girl (the queen). The boy was especially effective in expressing the malcontent of the worker bee’s life, portraying frustration in lines like “then I put in an hour making wax, without two minutes time to sit still and relax,” “..I’m on larva detail feeding the grubs in their cells, wishing that I were still helpless and pale,” and “Then I build some new cells, slaving away at enlarging this Hell, dreading the sight of another sunrise, wondering why we don’t all unionize.”I thought the poems in I Am Phoenix were less effective; most seemed to simply be naming species of birds. Nevertheless, both books benefitted from being read aloud; neither book would be as effective if read silently by a single person. Running time for both books is only 35 minutes.
    • 5/5
      Excellently read aloud (the best way to experience these poems). I will be using the audio in my classroom while the kids read along. Such a unique style and expressive word choice.