Rhymes And Doodles From A Wind-Up Toy [Hardcover]

RHYMES and DOODLES from A WIND-UP TOY 978-0-9886784-4-6 (Paperback) by Martha Sears West. Also available in Deluxe Cloth with Jacket 978-0-9886784-0-8 for $24.95.

Annotation:

Debut author West is called by ForeWord Review a sister in rhymes with Shel Silverstein, A.A. Milne, and Ogden Nash. Here she offers some 80 whimsical poems that delight children and grown-ups alike. Why a Wind-up Toy? Because long after bedtime for a sleepless year, the wide-ranging subjects danced in her head, refusing to leave and winding West into nightly, sprightly spree. 6.14 x 9.21. Fully illustrated. 90 pp. (Available now)

Reviews:

ForeWord Reviews ' Karen McCarthy writes that West focuses on the joy and magic of childhood, and how adults can retain a childlike sense of wonder. All [West's poems] are composed with flawless rhythms and inspired rhymes...This book is an absolute delight.

The book is for children as well as adults, agrees West's grandson, age 12: Wow, it's great! And it's not even stupid or anything.

Connie Bennion of Half Moon Bay, California, writes that West has the gifts that I choose for our private library: Wisdom, Wit, Truth, Tenderness, Clever turns, Laugh-out-loud surprise lines, Gentle touches...and delicious art work. The world is going to wonder where Martha Sears West has been.

Biographical Note:

As a child in Bethesda, Maryland, West used to lie in a pile of leaves with pencil and paper, trying to compose poems of profound incomprehensibleness. She was so successful that she couldn't understand them herself. She now prefers crafting rhymes that she can understand, and that make others smile. She hopes the occasional reader will chortle, Aha! -possibly out loud, and in a library.

West is married to a man named Steve who has cheered her on in many endeavors,lÓ5