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Almost Late for School: And More School Poems
Carol Shields (2003), 32 pages
Illustrated by Paul Meisel
Audience: 1st Grade - 5th Grade
Ranging from situations about the earliest years of elementary school (the first day) to the latter years (of word problems and science projects), these poems depict common and uncommon experiences in attending school. Some poems are humorous, describing ridiculous, impossible, or unexpected situations (such as the science project to make a brother disappear or the band teacher whose personality changes once he begins wearing earplugs). Others describe real problems, like jealousy or fear of public speaking. The last poem, designed for two voices, is a description of a best friendship. These simple rhymes depicting silly and serious situations (all with illustrations) are good for reading or performing.
Similar books: Lunch Money and Other Poems About School also by Carol Shields
Reviewed by: emc
Date read: 7/17/2009
ISBN-10: 0525457437
ISBN-13: 9780525457435
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This story comes from the Fipa tribe of southwest Tanzania. A drought in Africa leaves the animals, who are just learning to live together, starving. They come to a huge tree abundant with ripe fruits, enough to feed them all, and shake it mightily, but no fruit will fall. It is decided that someone should ask the wise tortoise for advice, but who should go? Little rabbit volunteers but is only laughed at because she is so small. All the animals from the largest on down are given a chance to visit tortoise and return with the magic words that will make the food fall but none can remember them on the trip back to the tree. When only rabbit is left to save the day, will she be able to?
A story with wonderful colorful illustrations, this folktale will win the hearts of younger readers, especially the smallest in the family.
Reviewed by: ewl
Date read: 7/1/2010
ISBN-10: 0735822549
ISBN-13: 9780735822542
Anansi and the Magic Stick
Eric A. Kimmel (2001), 32 pages
Illustrated by Janet Stevens
Audience: Preschool - 2nd Grade
The animals tease Anansi the Spider for being too lazy to clean his house and yard. Anansi, fed up with all the teasing, goes for a walk, and he discovers something amazing: Hyena's house is clean, and his garden is gorgeous, all while Hyena rests in a cozy hammock. Then, Anansi spots the secret: Hyena has a magic stick! Anansi steals the magic stick. It's smooth going until Anansi falls asleep while the stick is working. When he wakes up, the whole world is covered in water. How can Anansi make things right again? What will happen when Hyena realizes his magic stick is gone? Bright, compelling illustrations make this story come alive.
Reviewed by: emc
Date read: 7/22/2010
ISBN-10: 0823414434
ISBN-13: 9780823414437
Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock
Eric A. Kimmel (1988), 30 pages
Illustrated by Janet Stevens
Audience: Preschool - 2nd Grade
What is Anansi, that trickster spider up to now? While taking a walk in the cool forest, Anansi found a moss-covered rock that had mysterious powers. Anansi immediately thought of a plan to trick his fellow forest dwellers so that he could steal, Lion's yams, Elephant's bananas, Rhino's watermelon, Hippo's pineapples, and many more delights without doing a lick of work. However, when Anansi attempted to try this trick on Little Bush Deer, he discovered that he had met his match. Eric A. Kimmel's tale, 'Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock' is a delightful and humorous retelling of a West African Folktale. The young reader will enjoy the antics of this lazy little spider named, Anansi.
Similar authors: Pat Cummings; Verna Aardema; Tololwa M. Mollel; Mary Dixon Lake
Similar books: A Pride of African Tales by Donna L. Washington;
Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales;
Anansi and the Magic Stick by Eric A. Kimmel;
Anansi and the Box of Stories: A West African Folktale by Stephen Krensky;
Ananse's Feast: An Ashanti Tale by Tolowa M. Mollel;
Trickster Tales: Forty Folk Stories from Around the World by Josepha Sherman
Reviewed by: mb
Date read: 7/29/2011
ISBN-10: 082340689X
ISBN-13: 9780823406890
And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon
Susan Stevens Crummel (2001), 56 pages
Illustrated by Janet Stevens
Audience: Preschool - 2nd Grade
What are Cat with the fiddle, Cow that jumped over the moon, and Dog that laughed, to do? The Dish has run away with the Spoon and they haven't returned. Their nursery rhyme, Hey Diddle Diddle, can't be read, sung, or told tonight until everyone in the rhyme is present! So Cat, Cow, and Dog go on a search for their missing friends. Their journey through Nursery Land is full of adventure, danger, and humorous verse as they enlist the help of various nursery book characters. All is lost unless they can each use their unique talents to rescue their friends. How would their nursery rhyme sound if instead of 'the dish ran away with the spoon', it ended with 'the little dog bit a baboon'? 'And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon' by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crommel, is a delightful romp through the land of nursery rhymes.
Similar authors: Paul Galdone; Jon Scieszka; Tomie De Paola
Similar books: Whatever Happened to Humpty Dumpty?: And Other Surprising Sequels to Mother Goose Rhymes by David T. Greenberg;
Yo, Hungry Wolf: A Nursery Rap by David Vozar;
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka;
Tomie de Paola's Favorite Nursery Tales by Tomie de Paola;
On the Hills and Far Away: A Book of Nursery Rhymes by Alan Marks
Reviewed by: mb
Date read: 7/25/2011
ISBN-10: 0152022988
ISBN-13: 9780152022983
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