A Foot in the Mouth: Poems to Speak, Sing and Shout (utgåvan 2009)

This is a great collaborative collection of interactive poems that can be great for older elementary learners, in that they can follow along and act out what is being read [ie, reader's theater]. This book makes for a great introduction to what a poem is and has a variety of different content themes of literature in it. ( )

This is a very cute collection of poetry that I think children would have a lot of fun (as the title suggests) reading, speaking, singing, and shouting these. There were a few poems I didn't enjoy as much but there were many that I really loved such as "A Tomcat Is", "Pasta Parade", and "Speak Up." I also especially loved "The Lock Ness Monster's Song" and I'm excited over the idea of a group of children trying to read that one out loud. There are also a lot of poems in this book that would be really fun to act out. This book would be a great addition to any classroom, especially in elementary schools. ( )

This is a collection of silly and nonsensical poetry. The illustrations are very fun to look at. The book describes what poetry is and it summarizes that poetry is truly 'sound'. These stories are typically for older elementary grades. ( )

This book is filled with a range of poems. They are more appropriate for the older elementary grades or levels. The range is pretty broad. For example, it includes the poem "Speak Up," by Janet S. Wong, which is about racism. It also includes a much simpler poems like "A Tomcat Is," by J. Patrick Lewis which is about a cat.

The book starts out with actually describing what poetry. It says that above many things, poetry is sound. I think this is great because I could start off with that in the beginning of a lesson and then continue with reading a few poems from the book. I could use a book like this because the poems range so much. ( )

4Q, 2P: This is a wonderful collection of poems that feet the theme wonderfully (the theme being silly rhymes and nonsensical stories). You just can't help but read most of them out loud. The selection of the individual poems to be included was spot on! However, I don't find poetry to be a genre that appeals really easy to a whole lot of my patrons. So it would probably take considerable pushing to get them interested in this book. ( )