Leland B. Jacobs (1907–1992)

Summary:

This book is an ABC's book. It is written as poetry. Each page has a poem dedicated to a letter. The poems integrate the girl theme by only talking about girls whose first names start with that letter. The topics of the poems include: birthdays, playing house, dressing up , arguing, playing games, and many others specifically tailored to girls.

Review:

This book has many good things but caution is required. The poems in the book in general are very good. They are well thought out. some of them are serious and some are very humorous. A few of them even manage to teach an important lesson in only a few short lines. The book even has some nice sentiments in it. However because of the theme of the book I think the perpetuation of stereotypes can be perpetuated by it. The book has a very old fashioned idea of what a girl should and should not be(pretty, gentle, calm, clean, and nice not athletic, smart , etc).… (more)

Review: Just Around the Corner is a collection of poems about the seasons. The poems are broken down by the seasons of Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer. For each season there are about five to eight short and simple poems. The poems cover various topics that characterize each season.

Personal Response: I liked this book. The poems were very simple and easy enough for preschoolers to follow. The pictures were colorful and animated.

Classroom Extention:
1. Children will create a "seasonal" collage of which ever season you're in.

2. (The poem titled Shadows)Children will do shadow tracing outside.… (more)