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Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices

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Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
Joyful Noise book cover
AuthorPaul Fleischman
IllustratorEric Beddows
LanguageEnglish
SubjectInsects
GenrePoetry
PublisherHarper & Row
Publication date
March 1988
Publication placeUnited States
Pages64
ISBN0-06-021852-5
OCLC16223845
811/.54 19
LC ClassPS3556.L42268 J69 1988

Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices is a book of poetry for children by Paul Fleischman. It won the 1989 Newbery Medal.[1]

The book is a collection of fourteen children's poems about insects such as mayflies, lice, and honeybees. The concept is unusual in that the poems are intended to be read aloud by two people. Some lines are spoken by the readers simultaneously, while others are read alternately by the speakers.

Kirkus Reviews called Joyful Noise "A splendid collection of poems in many moods about the lives and dreams of insects."[2]

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Awards
Preceded by Newbery Medal recipient
1989
Succeeded by