Library Intern Book Reviews
Review of Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
City
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, MA
Date of Publication
2010
ISBN
9780547152288
Date of Review
2012
Disciplines
Library and Information Science | Modern Literature
Keywords
Children's literature, reviews
Recommended Citation
Bacon, Ariel Foshay, "Review of Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman" (2012). Library Intern Book Reviews. 14.
https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/intern_book_reviews/14
Review
Dark Emperor is a rich collection of poetry about the nocturnal happenings of a forest and its inhabitants. Some highlights would be the title poem Dark Emperor, which details the owl nightly hunt, I am a Baby Porcupette, a poem about a baby porcupine and its mother, and Moon’s Lament, an ubi sunt poem about the death of the heroic night with the rising of the sun. The illustrations are delicate and detailed, conveying the natural and dark beauty of each poem’s subject. Information about the animals is included in small print next to each illustration, educating the young and aspiring naturalist on each creature’s nightly habits. This book illuminates the misperceived dark and creepy forest, making it a lively and rhymed center of activity, dispelling any fear. This book would be wonderful for any science or English class. Highly Recommended. Ariel Foshay Bacon, Centennial Library Intern, Cedarville University