Last week, my hubby surprised me with a present that combines three of my interests between one set of colorful book covers. The book is called Origami and Haiku inspired by Japanese artwork. With Christmas nearly here, I’d like to share this book with you because I believe it would make a perfect present, both for children and adults.
This book combines the beautiful and sparse poetry form of Haiku, the intricate, paper-folding art of origami, stunning nature illustrations by various Japanese artists, and…
if that doesn’t seem amazing enough, 50 removable origami papers so readers can follow along and create the projects which correspond to the poems and art.
I call that a lot to love in a book!
Title – Origami and Haiku – inspired by Japanese artwork
Published by – Nosy Crow, an imprint of Candlewick Press – 2018
Topics/Theme – Haiku poems, origami projects, Japanese nature illustrations
A haiku poem from the page about the rabbit:
even the rabbit droops one
of her ears–
midsummer heat!
by Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Find this book here on Amazon.
For those of you who are interested in learning more about Haiku, here are two fun projects.
Origami rings Here
Origami elephant Here
To learn more about Haiku look Here and Here.
More Haiku books for children (Click the title to jump to each book’s listing on Amazon.)
Until next Friday.
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