Good Rhymes, Good Times: Poems (Trophy Picture Books)

Genre- Poetry because its a book full of poems
Age- Primary/Intermediate
Summary- All the poems are fairly easy and they have some hidden stories behind them but nothing to big.
Critique- I honestly an not a huge fan of poetry just because some times I can t connect with it but I think it is awesome for students to read it and have the opportunity to. I really like that there are several different poems in one book so that the student doesn't get bored. I could use this book just to introduce students to poetry. I also like it because the books poems are simple things and fun things that interest kids. Also I love that poems rhyme I think it is good for children to see that connection.

Hopkins composed a collection of fun, creative poems that children can relate to. There are poems about flying kites, seasons, losing teeth, and going to sleep. The poems are accompanied by beautiful, vibrant pictures that will capture any child's attention and trigger their imagination.

This book is a cluster of many different poems written by the author that talks about many different subjects. The poem "Good Books, Good Times!" is about if you have good books everything will be good including the beginnings, ends, people, facts, friends, and rhymes.
"Snow City" is about looking outside the window and taking in how magical snow can be.
"Split" is simply about lightning in the night sky.

This book includes many different topics that there is at least one poem that children can either connect to or they really like it. Some of the topics include: christmas, nighttime, thunderstorms, bedtime, watching snow fall, and eating watermelon on a hot summers day.
The book includes contents in the beginning of the book in order to show more find the poems more easier.

One thing I found pretty interesting about this was the poem, "Snow City".
"The snow glides quietly
d
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^The way this was written really brings more life to the poem since down is written in on a slanted line going down. show less

Good Rhymes, Good Times is a book full of poems about a variety of things. There are poems about a dog, cat, Valentine’s Day, bedtime, etc. I liked parts of this book, but I did not like the whole book. I felt as though some of the poems were left unfinished and there was another paragraph that needed to be added. For example, The Day After Christmas ends with trashcans wearing a bow of snow. When you read the whole poem, it feels like there should be another sentence of two to wrap up and close the poem altogether. One thing I liked was the name of the poems. Some of the names told you what the poem was about, and then never mentioned the title in the actual poem. For example, Overnight at the Vet’s is a poem about a girl who is show more missing her dog and wondering how he is doing. The author never tells the reader that the dog is at the vet, unless they read the title. At first, I thought the dog had passed away until I re-read the poem starting from the title. Only then did I realize how different it makes the poem. I thought this was a really neat way of making sure the reader reads the whole poem starting from the top. Overall, I thought this was an okay poetry book. It has some creative elements in the story and the illustrations. I think the main idea of this book is to inform the reader of what life is like in the city. These poems take place in the city and I think that is the main point of this story. show less

A collection of poems about various things, this book explores the ordinary life of people from sounds in the city to the seasons to bedtime. There isn't the actual title of the poems, but based on the main topic of each poem and what they are about, the reader can tell what the whole book was really about given context clues of the each poem and their main ideas that leads to the big picture of the book. The style of this book is free verse. There are a lot of pauses the readers will make as they read along the text. In addition, the poems contain an artistic expression of alliteration. An example would be this:

Ancient necklaces,
African art,
Armor of knights,
A peasant carts;

This makes the text catchy and engaging to read and I thought show more it was a cool technique to incorporate in the book. Overall, it was okay but it was easy, simple, and age appropriate to read to young students. show less

This book is laid out in the course of a year. While some poems are delightful, some aren't quite as good. However, the lining and shape of the poems are definitely eye catching.

This book contains brief poems that describe children's joy in the world around them. There is the wonder of what hides behind the museum's door, of being awakened by a puppy tickling your toe, of getting a valentine. For example, there is thunder that splits the sky. Also the illustrations show how there are dreams that creep into your head as you fall asleep.