Chapter five was about poetry. Poetry is one of my favorite genres of literature. I grew up reading the shel silverstein books. My favorite poem in that book was the story of ticklish tom.
The best element about children's poetry is that they have a rhythm and a rhyme which engages the reader and has their full attention. Poetry can take any shape you can make with the words. Poetry doesn't always have to rhyme. It can also appeal to your emotions, it can be happy, sad, serious, or even just for fun. you can enjoy reading poetry from any culture. I had my girls enjoying poetry at a young age. On of the first poetry books I bought for them was "Are you quite polite" by Alan Katz and David catrow. My girls really enjoyed the silly stories. One of my favorite stories from this book is "Drinkin' at the Fountain".
Oh, don't put your mouth
On the waterspout
When your drinkin ' at the fountain every day
Your breath's like trout
We can do without
And your tongue is a wormy germ buffet!
What a smell
I'm not well
So I'll yell, Please get away!
And from now on I am trusting
That you wont be so disgusting
(And stop drinkin' from the toilet, by the way!)
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