It's Raining Pigs & Noodles
Author: Jack Prelutsky
Illustrator: James Stevenson
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Pages: 160
Genre: Poetry
Summary:
This book is a compilation of various crazy poems. These poems will make answer child smile. The poems include crazy situations from adventures with interesting creatures to what happens in a refrigerator. These silly poems will really get children's imaginations working.
Illustrations:
The illustrations in this poem book are very simple but engage children at the same time. The illustrator, Stevenson uses pencils to create his drawings and then shades them in with colored pencils.
Content Area:
I could use this anywhere from 1st grade to 3rd grade to incorporate poetry in the classroom. This could be used to teach the characteristics of poetry. They would be taught about stanzas, lines, rhyming, and the foundational skills they need to have in order to read or write poetry.
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