Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices

POETRY

Joyful Noise is a quick, entertaining collection of poems written about various insects. The most interesting part is that they are meant to be recited by two people, sometimes in unison, alternating, or even in opposition. The poems themselves are clever but not necessarily profound; I thought that some were much better than others. I could see reading these poems aloud at school or with family members as entertaining, and the illustrations by Beddows are beautifully rendered.