Small Business Resources, Business Advice and Forms from AllBusiness.com

The Sky Is Always In The Sky

By "Kuskin, Karla
Publication: Kirkus Reviews
Date: Wednesday, April 1 1998
This compilation includes previously published verse from Kuskin's Soap Soup (1992), Near the Window Tree (1975), and Something Sleeping in the Hall (o.p.). Dervaux's robust illustrations and a variety of typefaces--e.g., in ""If I Were a. . . ,"" the text shows both the curve of a bird's nest and the

wavy lines through which a fish might swim--combine for a breezy collection, whose common theme might be demise. Jays get eaten, a hat is sat upon, a hog pigs out until he dies, and ""Rabbits/don't like rabbit stew./I don't blame them much,/do you?""--but even potentially morbid ideas are reduced to a chuckle by the figures who cavort through the colorful pages.

In addition, make sure to read these articles:

  • At DirecTV The Sky's the Limit— Just Ask David Hill
  • David Hill's office perch overlooking the runways of Los Angeles International Airport is particularly apt. Hill has had a sort of air-traffic controller's career at ......
  • Sky never changes: testimonies from the Guatemalan labor movement.
  • (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press 1996). ON 29 DECEMBER 1996, a peace accord that is supposed to be "firm and lasting" was signed in ......
  • Take a town. (Northampton).
  • Take-A-Town, sponsored by Black Horse Retail Finance, is featured every month in ERM. The annual Take-A-Town awards are presented to the best independent and multiple ......
  • Letters
  • Clients and loss-ratio-based contingencies Chris Burand's August column ("What's So Bad About Loss-Ratio-Based Contingencies?") was wonderful. If I were the buyer of an insurance product, ......
  • Cannibalization: The New Model?
  • Cannibalization: The New Model? "Look at your most profitable revenue streams. Then ask: If I were a fledgling competitor, how would I grab those ......
  • Baby, It's Cold Outside
  • I was recently looking forward to reviewing a show at a well-known comedy theatre venue. This venue has been presenting shows for a long time; ......
  • If I Were A Lion
  • A little red-haired girl defends herself against her mother's accusation of wildness in a very inventive way. With her round face just this side of ......
  • "if I Were A Man, I'd Marry Me"
  • The woman has a way with words and an attitude toward life that puts it all in proper, if delightfully skewed, perspective. This is a ......
  • Greenberg, Martin H. & Segriff, Larry, eds. Past imperfect.
  • DAW. 320p. 314p. c2001. 0-7564-0012-0. $6.99. JSA If I were a character in one of the stories in Past Imperfect and was late in submitting ......
  • If I Were In Charge The Rules Would Be Different!
  • Proimos's (The Many Adventures of Johnny Mutton, not reviewed, etc.) poetry packs a wacky punch. In a debut collection, he offers over 60 works, addressing ......
  • Got Geography!
  • "If I were the equator / I would have an attitude. / I'd boast the most about my no degrees of latitude," writes Kathryn Madeline ......
  • Bonding over culture.
  • THE SITUATION You visit the home of a prospect whose culture is relatively unfamiliar to you. How do you understand the role culture might play ......
  • But What If You're Sick?
  • Recently, I received an email from a reader who described herself as a "would-be entrepreneur." Her worry: handling sick days when you're a one-woman business....
  • Senator Warns of Threat to 'Critical Infrastructure'.
  • "President Bush has warned us of the new fight ahead," said Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah. "With more than 85 percent of critical infrastructure entities owned ......
  • The four levels of selling.
  • Selling can be divided into four levels: Product, FAB, ME Syndrome and Beyond FAB. Product Selling The bottom level is PRODUCT selling, a very basic ......