If you're familiar with the Anne of Green Gables series of books, you'll be delighted to read Julie Seller's new book Kindred Verses, subtitled Poems Inspired by Anne of Green Gables. The cover illustration depicts Anne's bedroom at the house called Green Gables where the orphan girl found a home with two elderly siblings, Marilla and Matthew. The story takes place on Prince Edward Island in Canada and has delighted young women and others for many decades.
Julie Sellers discovered Anne Shirley at age 14 when she read the first of many books about this young woman. In Anne, she found a 'kindred spirit' and a new friend. Ms Sellers knew there were others in the world who identified with Anne just as she did. More kindred spirits. She hopes that readers will renew their own relationship with the feisty young orphan girl or cultivate one if they do not already know her.
There are several forms of poetry in the collection, including free verse, haiku, sexku and more. A quote from the books precedes many of the poems Ms. Sellers offers her readers. Long and short, all illustrate the art of putting words together in a masterful way that paint a clear picture. The poems are to be read again and again and to treasure.
The illustrations, while lovely, do not detract from the poems. Instead, they enhance the poetry and bring the reader a vision of Anne's world on Prince Edward Island.
This would be a wonderful book for pre-teens and young teens as well as adults who enjoyed reading the Anne of Green Gables series in their own young years. It is a book you will want to read more than once. One that you can curl up with on a winter night with a blanket and cup of hot chocolate or read on a porch swing on a hot summer day with a glass of lemonade.
Find a copy using your favorite search engine at Amazon, Blue Cedar Press, and other booksellers online.
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