Beginning with a jump-rope jingle in the spring and ending with rainbow rhyme to say goodbye to winter, each of the 38 poems in this collection forms a shape and each is categorized according to the four seasons. We see an umbrella on a rainy spring day, two dandelions _— one gone to seed—in the summer, dancing leaves in the fall, and snowy steps in the winter. The poems themselves will appeal to young children, and even pre-readers will be able to “read” the words that form the pictures here. Hideko Takahashi’s bold acrylic paintings illustrate without overpowering the shape poems themselves. (Ages 3–7)

An invigorating celebration of the seasons and poems that take shape

The twist of spring rain. The arc of summer waves. The roundness of fall pumpkins. The curve of winter snow-covered hills. These are just a few of the many shapes found among the four seasons.
So come celebrate the year in this spirited rhyming collection of concrete poems-poems shaped by their subjects that wind, bump, and wiggle across each page. From spring through winter and back again, here's an exuberant excursion that takes delight in the special details of a child's world.
 Come to My Party and Other Shape Poems is a 2005 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.