Worlds Apart: Fernie and Me

by Gary Soto

We met these spirited best friends in Fearless Fernie, and now they're taking on the world! From boxing a kangaroo in Australia to craving Mexican food in Taiwan, or riding a runaway camel in Egypt and eating cheese as holey and smelly as their socks in Switzerland, the globe is their imaginary playground. Gary Soto's accessible and humorous poems will elicit nods of recognition and bursts of laughter as readers enjoy this outrageous jaunt around...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039924218X
• ISBN13: 9780399242182
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

Armchair Travel

Fernie and his best friend are world travelers in this book of poetry. Each poem is approximately 1 page long, and is about a different world location - San Francisco, Japan, Australia, Kenya, etc. I felt that the book captured a bit of each place through the poems, and that they were humorous and fun as well. For someone with an interest in poetry, geography, travel, or humor, this book would be a great gift idea or introduction to these topics. I generally dislike reading poetry but was drawn into this book because of the cute drawings and theme of travel. It was quite a nice read, although the final page - about California geography didn't seem to fit. Recommended.