The three-minute version, anyway, courtesy of Teaching Books. I could go on for a lot longer about why I wrote a book for kids about Reconstruction. Go ahead — try me!
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Rattlesnake Rules written by Conrad J. Storad is a wonderful picture book that takes the reader on a fun adventure as mother rattlesnake teaches her little ones about the "rules.”
Written in rhyme this picture book teaches children fun facts about the misunderstood rattlesnake. It also includes a curriculum guide at the end with more fascinating facts, rattlesnake mysteries, myths vs fact, words to learn and other activites.
Rattlesnake Rules is a complete learning tool and is brightly illustrated for even more added fun. This book is available through Five Star Publications at; http://www.fivestarpublications.com/ or check out their web site at; http://www.rattlesnakerules.com/
About the Author;
Conrad J. Storad is the award-winning author of more than 30 science and nature books written for children and young adults. He has lived in the Sonoran Desert since 1982 and many of his books reflect his long fascination with the plants and animals that live there.
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As a poet, I’m always interested in new poetic forms. Join Hands! by Pat Mora (with photographs by George Ancona, Charlesbridge, 2008) introduced me to the pantoum. The pantoum is a poetic form derived from Malaysia. It is composed of quatrains where the second and fourth lines are repeated as the first and third lines of the following quatrain. In Join Hands!, Mora uses the form (with slight alterations in her repeating lines) to create a poem about celebrating life through dancing, singing, masquerading and parading. The book takes you through the lines, one line per page, with accompanying photograph per line. A few Spanish words like ‘amigos’ and ‘canciones’ are used. (Mora is known for her bilingual Spanish/English books.) The explanation of the form comes at the end of the book. I wish it had come at the beginning, however! Reading the text linearly while viewing the picture made it seem a bit confusing. However, I did enjoy the lively photographs by George Ancona, accompanying each line. They feature children dancing and strutting and holding hands.
Have you heard of the pantoum or tried your hand at writing one? A few months after I read this book, I encountered a pantoum written by Canadian poet, Robyn Sarah in her latest book, A Pause for Breath. The form seemed vaguely familiar when I suddenly realized I had encountered it in Mora’s book.
This week’s Poetry Friday host is Danika at Teaching Books.
Oh I think my youngest daughter would love this book! Great to meet another Canadian Mom!
Thanks :)
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