A Secret Keeps
by?Marsha Wilson Chall
illus by Heather Solomon
Carolrhoda Books, 2012
[Read Part 1 here.]
And now the book is starting to have rhyme. “I’ll be there in two sleeps where A SECRET KEEPS.” I love rhyme. [CCRA.R.4] And it’s interesting that that special font for “a secret keeps” draws so much extra attention to it. I wonder which came first, the title or this line in the book? [CCRA.R.7]
Chall, the author, uses lots of near rhyme, too. That’s words that sound similar but don’t rhyme exactly. Like roasting and toast. And then golden and molten. That makes this fun to read aloud. [CCRA.R.4]
One of my favorite lines in the whole book is:
Night tucks in around us
and rustles in the dark.
Right away, it makes me think of a poem I adore by Drew Lamm. I have it on an index card and use it sometimes in classes as a mentor poem.
Night
Rests
on
shadows.
Kisses
my
eyes.
Dips
me
in twilight.
Covers
me
with dreams.
—C. Drew Lamm, all rights reserved
I like how both Marsha Chall?and Drew Lamm have night doing all sorts of things that it can’t literally do in two different forms, picture book story and poem. [CCRA.R.9] [CCRA.R.5] But that’s what makes it an amazing poem or image. It’s like magic!
To be continued…
In this blog feature, I share a picture book I really enjoy and externalize my process of reading it–and then I go back and add in the CCSS Anchor Standards that my reading thoughts relate to. I’m hoping this will be useful for those of you who are?educators sharing books with kids and perhaps give you ideas of some?elements you could include?in your book discussions.
Late to this Laura, but you are delving even deeper into this book. I’m going to have to see the book in order to explore all of it! Thanks!
Thanks, Linda. I’m trying to find the balance between just enough delving and TOO much. This was one of the first I wrote, and I think three posts per book is too many. I’ll pry try to scale back to two posts:>) And I need to start a listing of books I’ve done this with so teachers can easily refer to it.
Late to this Laura, but you are delving even deeper into this book. I’m going to have to see the book in order to explore all of it! Thanks!
Thanks, Linda. I’m trying to find the balance between just enough delving and TOO much. This was one of the first I wrote, and I think three posts per book is too many. I’ll pry try to scale back to two posts:>) And I need to start a listing of books I’ve done this with so teachers can easily refer to it.
I can’t wait to get my hands on this book. The imagery is amazing. Thanks for the poem by C. Drew Lamm. It is beautiful and I’ve printed it out to inspire me. Great post.
Hope you enjoy it, Rosi–glad you love the Lamm poem. It’s one of my favorites!
I can’t wait to get my hands on this book. The imagery is amazing. Thanks for the poem by C. Drew Lamm. It is beautiful and I’ve printed it out to inspire me. Great post.
Hope you enjoy it, Rosi–glad you love the Lamm poem. It’s one of my favorites!