mammalabilia

Mammalabilia is a collection of poems by Florian. The common thread throughout the book is that all the poems are about animals that are mammals. There are several different types of poems including concrete, lyric, and free verse. One of the concrete poems is about a porcupine; it portrays the animals in its shape but also paint a picture with the words through rhythm and rhyme.

I really enjoyed this collection of poems because it provided examples of different types of poetry. The different forms made the reading interesting and fun. The animal subjects of many of the animals were various species from all over the world, so kids would gain information about animals while learning that poetry can be fun.

On of my immediate ideas for show more using this book in the classroom was to have the children create their own classroom concrete poetry book. The kids could us the poems in this book as inspiration, and they would be able to be creative while creating their works of art. I would also use the different poems in a unit over the different kinds of mammals throughout the world. show less

A wonderful collection of very clever poems. Florian has a great way with words and his illustrations, painted on brown paper bags complement the writing very well.

This is a book of poetry that includes humor, facts, and animals! I really enjoyed this book. The pictures are humorous and the poem contains words that are sideways on the page and sentences that curve around, which just adds to the read. It would be a great book to get the kids started hearing poetry and seeing how fun it can be. It could be read to a class before students have to create their own small poem about an animal. I highly recommend!

Summary:
This book has a variety of mammals and describes a characteristic of that animal or what they enjoy doing, eating and or their living environment. This book also has a lot of rhyming.

Personal Reaction:
I really enjoyed this book. If I would have read this book, I might have enjoyed poetry a little bit more. This book is amazing for kids and introducting them to poetry.

Classroom Extension:
1. Have students pick an animal and write a poem about the animal.
2. Decorate the classroom into an animal theme and have a variety of animal poetry books and students can pick one poem and share it with the class.

This book has short poems about different kinds of mammals. There are also very simple pictures, much like water color paintings.
My favorite part is how the poems rhyme, even though poetry doesn't have to. The best poem is the one about the lemurs because it is a great example of concrete poetry. The words wind around like a lemur jumping around
After reading this book to a classroom, the children could talk about their favorite animals. Then they could draw a picture of that animal and write a poem to go with it.

This is a book about short poems and mammals. This book would be great for children learing about animals in the classroom because it gives small details that are fun and witty. One of my favorites was about the Fox"Clever, Cunning, Crafty, Sly, A fox composed this poem Not I!" Very cute and fun and also tells you about these amny animals and how theymay do things and about why they do the things they do.
I loved this book because I love animals and its a great learning tool and fun for children.

Mammalabila is a book that contains several poems. Each poem is written in different forms such as concrete, narrative, and lyric. Each poem is about a different kind of animal.

This book was interesting and fun to read. It introduced different kinds of animals and each poem told something about the animal. I really liked how the animals were not common animals you hear about everday.

You could use this book to show students the different ways to write poetry, and show them that poetry can be fun.You couls use this book to talk about the geography of he world and where the different types of animals come from.