Richard Lewis (2) (1935–)

Intermediate
This is a good example of a poetry book. It is a collection of short poems by children. Some of these poems use rhyme although most are in free verse. The quality of poem varies as they are written by children age 5 to 13.
Media: Black and white copies of paintings

Genre: Fantasy - This book is a good example of a fantasy because it is a story that is completely made up and it starts out being believable, like you think they are juat going to talk about space (and maybe make it a science fiction book) but then they go off about other crazy things that are unbelievable making it a good example of a fantasy. The elements of fantasy are there, but there are no characters in the story so it really does not have much of a story line.

Plot: There is not show more really a plot to this book, it is kind of just a book on word play trying to be creative to make an interesting book but not really a story. It is kind of weird and does not make sense. I think I would only use this book in a classroom if I wanted to teach the children about words, because there are a lot of easy words. It is kind of poetic at the same time.

Art Media: In the back of the book it says the illustrations are a collage made with Crescent and Canson papers. show less

Great book to read to fourth or fifth grade students. It is filled with poem about life science.

Haiku from the masters (Basho, Issa)... and breathtaking illustrations.