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ELIZABETH RAMSEY BIRD
Jan 13, 2013ELIZABETH RAMSEY BIRD rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
"Sometimes the story knows more than the writer." Madeleine L'Engle said that. I think what she meant was that the reader is going to get something out of a story that might have completely slipped by the writer. And few books for children are as prone to this as Jerry Spinelli's Hokey Pokey, a book that dares to recast childhood from a time to a place. In interviews Spinelli has said that the main character of this book is childhood itself. It may be divisive, but there's no denying the writing. Let's just say this much: Your kids have never read ANYTHING quite like it before. I happen to think that's a good thing. Try it then.