<p>Can you lasso the wind?<\/p>
\n<p>Can you whip it a-gale?<\/p>
\n<p>Can you make oceans bend<\/p>
\n<p>To cradle each lost whale?<\/p>
\n<p><i>Lasso the Wind<\/i> is the first collection of children\u2019s poetry by renowned poet and playwright George Elliott Clarke. By turns absurd, witty, playful, and profound, Clarke\u2019s poems speak to the vivid wonder, the bright joys, and the secret pains of growing up in this world. <\/p>
\n<p>With bold and contemporary illustrations by Susan Tooke, <i>Lasso the Wind<\/i> is a masterpiece.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
George Elliot Clarke started writing poems for his daughter the day she was born.
\nTooke, a three-time winner of the Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award for Excellence in Illustration, aprroached Clarke (Regarding their collaboration).
\nFor this 24-page hardcover book, she has created bold and graphic collaged images, ranging from a grim image of imprisoned families to a whimsical vision of a dragon at a picnic to endearing pictures of Aurealia as a baby.
\nThis book is aimed at kids aged seven to fourteen and the birthday poems end at age nine because they \u00ab\u00a0have a particular sequential feel\u00a0\u00bb says Clarke, a Windsor born, prize winningpoet laureate of Toronto and teaches Canadian literature at the University of Toronto<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":55398,"template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[12776,15038,15119],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-66176","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","5":"product_language-eng-fr","6":"product_subjects-general-poetry-juvenile-nonfiction-fr","7":"product_subjects-juvenile-nonfiction-fr","8":"product_subjects-poetry-juvenile-nonfiction-fr","9":"product_reading_range-8-fr","10":"product_reading_range-9-fr","11":"product_reading_range-10-fr","12":"product_reading_range-11-fr","13":"product_reading_range-12-fr","14":"product_interest_range-10-fr","15":"product_interest_range-11-fr","16":"product_interest_range-12-fr","17":"product_interest_range-8-fr","18":"product_interest_range-9-fr","19":"product_grade_range-seventh-grade-fr","20":"product_grade_range-eighth-grade-fr","21":"product_grade_range-ninth-grade-fr","22":"product_curriculumsubject-english-curriculum-subjects-fr","23":"product_curriculumsubject-english-language-arts-fr","24":"biblio_share_tag-juvenile-nonfiction-poetry-general-fr","25":"product_cat-abc-fr-2","26":"product_cat-voices-fr","27":"product_cat-black-atlantic-canadian-voices-fr","28":"product_shipping_class-abc-test-fr","29":"entry","31":"first","32":"instock","33":"taxable","34":"shipping-taxable","35":"purchasable","36":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n