Poetry

Title: Dirt on My Shirt
Author: Jeff Foxworthy
Publisher: Harper Collins
Genre: Poetry Collection
Pages: 27
How Found: Borders Books
Lexile: None listed.
Awards: None listed.
Plot Summary: Variety of comical poems about things and people in a neighborhood.
Relationship to Theme: Poems "Friends" and "Making Friends", plus some others about quirky relatives.
Personal Connection: The poems were easy and fun, and didn't have any "hidden meanings"! They were just for fun sort of like Shel Silverstein's.
Possible Readers: Kindergarten to 3rd grade
Instructional Ideas: Take a walk in the neighborhood and write a poem about something or someone you see.

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Title: My Shadow
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Trumpet Club
Genre: Poetry
Pages: 26
How Found: Box of childrens' books given to me by a co-worker
Lexile: NP
Awards: None listed.

Plot Summary: This is a single poem accompanied by pictures that tells of a child's relationship with his/her shadow.
Relationship to Theme: The shadow is sort of like an imaginary friend.
Personal Connection: I liked how the realistic pictures in all sorts of cultures expanded the poem.
Possible Readers: Toddler to 2nd grade
Instructional Ideas: Go outside in the sunshine and act out the poem together.