Genre: Poetry - This book is a good example of poetry because it is a book just made up of poems. Every poem written in it is a certain kind of poem, the author of this book is an expert and is know for writing poems. In all of the poems every word has some sort of significance, and there is always some sort of figurative language used.

There is not setting, plot, or characters because it is a book of poems.

Art Media: Pen drawing

Style: There is a lot of rhyming in this book because they are poems, although they are different kinds of poems there is a lot of rhyming which works really well. It makes the book more entertaining to read.

This is a great children's book. The illustrations are very intriging but the stories are great.

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A collection of poems and short stories by Shel Silverstein.

Just as with "Where the Sidewalk Ends" I love Silverstein's work and this collection is no different.

I would use this book in a similar fashion to "Where the Sidewalk Ends," for teaching a unit on poetry and using it to further encourage student to create their own silly poems and stories to show them that not just writing poetry but writing in general can be fun and engaging.

The book is about the fun in poetry. It is a combination of different poetry style all wrapped up in one book. It ranges from lyric poems to limericks style poem. It gives a child the different variety of poems to be able to find one they will truly enjoy.

I read this book to a group of 4 and 5 year olds in the morning after breakfast and in the after noon before they went to school. Let me talk about just a few a read. On Monday I read Shaking. It was a poem about a little girl that kept shaking a cow in order to make a milk shake. One child ask me if that is really how milk shake are made. On Wednesday I read Something is Missing. About a man who remember to put on his sock, shirt, tie, etc. But by time the poem was done he forgot to put on something. So I allowed the children to think about what he forgot before I showed them the picture of what he forgot. By Friday, I had them getting into a imagery poem called It hot. A boy was so hot he could not cool off, so the poem goes into all the things he tried in order to cool off. But then he decide to lay around in his bones. It was something the kids had to use there imagination to see someone sitting around in there bones and no skin. But no matter what kind of poem they like. They will hopefully find a favorite one in this book.
With the poem book to expand to the learning I would take for example the poem about the girl shaking the cow to make milk shakes. I would bring in ice cream, milk and a binder and show them how to make a real shake. Then out to the poems I read for the week I would have them choose there favorite and let them draw a picture describing the poem. Or with older kids assist them in writing there own poem. ( )

This book received the Notable Children's Books, and the William Allen White Children's Book Award ( )