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Description:"Davey McGravy, Davey McGravy,a name to conjure with,to dream with by the cedar treesout in the rainy woods."In a misty, faraway-feeling "land of rain," Davey McGravy lives with his father and brothers, but mourns his missing mother. He follows the rhymes in his head into a forest of ferns, moss, and cedar trees where he meets animals wise and strange. A coaxing crow urges him onwards. A consoling peacock tells him that nothing is really lost. A fierce lioness frightens him. Following their voices, Davey travels deeper and deeper into the mysterious woods. Then he must find his way home, to a father who is sad but loving, and brothers who care for him no matter how they fight.Caught between his forest-world and the world of school, shopping, and family life, Davey wanders his way through grief. With playful and evocative verse, poet David Mason delivers him back to his boyhood but leaves the mysteries of love intact. Full of humor and melancholy, Davey McGravy movingly captures the longing of a child for his lost mother.With beguiling illustrations by Grant Silverstein, Davey McGravy will captivate children and adults alike. "[A]n ode to the contemplative child and a poignant rumination on the oft-unacknowledged loneliness of childhood."—5280: The Denver Magazine"Across a series of poems, accompanied by early-Sendakesque etchings by artist Grant Silverstein, we meet a little boy named Davey McGravy living in the tall-treed forest with his father and brothers. A few tender verses in, we realize that Davey is caught in the mire of mourning his mother. Without invalidating the deep melancholy that has set in, Mason makes room for the mystery of life and death, inviting in the miraculous immortality of love...Only a rare poet can merge the reverence of Thoreau with the irreverence of Zorba the Greek to create something wholly unlike anything else—and that is what Mason accomplishes in Davey McGravy."—Maria Popova, Brain Pickings "Sometimes, it's in the landscape of grief that the soul is most unmoored. This tender and breathtaking child's poem—the story of a boy who mourns his mother's death, told in aching verse by the former poet laureate of Colorado—might illuminate a way toward healing."—Chicago TribuneDavid Mason is the author of numerous books of poetry and the verse-novel Ludlow. He was poet laureate of Colorado from 2010 to 2014 and lives in Colorado Springs.Grant Silverstein, the illustrator, specializes in etchings.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Davey McGravy. To get started finding Davey McGravy, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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ISBN: 1589880994

Description: "Davey McGravy, Davey McGravy,a name to conjure with,to dream with by the cedar treesout in the rainy woods."In a misty, faraway-feeling "land of rain," Davey McGravy lives with his father and brothers, but mourns his missing mother. He follows the rhymes in his head into a forest of ferns, moss, and cedar trees where he meets animals wise and strange. A coaxing crow urges him onwards. A consoling peacock tells him that nothing is really lost. A fierce lioness frightens him. Following their voices, Davey travels deeper and deeper into the mysterious woods. Then he must find his way home, to a father who is sad but loving, and brothers who care for him no matter how they fight.Caught between his forest-world and the world of school, shopping, and family life, Davey wanders his way through grief. With playful and evocative verse, poet David Mason delivers him back to his boyhood but leaves the mysteries of love intact. Full of humor and melancholy, Davey McGravy movingly captures the longing of a child for his lost mother.With beguiling illustrations by Grant Silverstein, Davey McGravy will captivate children and adults alike. "[A]n ode to the contemplative child and a poignant rumination on the oft-unacknowledged loneliness of childhood."—5280: The Denver Magazine"Across a series of poems, accompanied by early-Sendakesque etchings by artist Grant Silverstein, we meet a little boy named Davey McGravy living in the tall-treed forest with his father and brothers. A few tender verses in, we realize that Davey is caught in the mire of mourning his mother. Without invalidating the deep melancholy that has set in, Mason makes room for the mystery of life and death, inviting in the miraculous immortality of love...Only a rare poet can merge the reverence of Thoreau with the irreverence of Zorba the Greek to create something wholly unlike anything else—and that is what Mason accomplishes in Davey McGravy."—Maria Popova, Brain Pickings "Sometimes, it's in the landscape of grief that the soul is most unmoored. This tender and breathtaking child's poem—the story of a boy who mourns his mother's death, told in aching verse by the former poet laureate of Colorado—might illuminate a way toward healing."—Chicago TribuneDavid Mason is the author of numerous books of poetry and the verse-novel Ludlow. He was poet laureate of Colorado from 2010 to 2014 and lives in Colorado Springs.Grant Silverstein, the illustrator, specializes in etchings.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Davey McGravy. To get started finding Davey McGravy, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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