| Spot the Plot (Chronicle, 2009), by J. Patrick Lewis, with lively illustrations by Lynn Munsinger, was one of my favorite poetry books of 2009. Each spread is a miniature rhymed book review of a children’s book, and kids use the textual and visual clues to guess which book it’s about. The fourth-graders I just spent three days with would have LOVED figuring out the answers to these poems. Here’s one I especially love:
A magical telling, a pig for the selling, a spider is spelling out words that amaze. Do you know this spider, –J. Patrick Lewis, all rights reserved. |
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