Synopses & Reviews
Is this poetry? Math? A brainteaser? Yes! Itand#8217;s all that and more. The poet J. Patrick Lewis has reimagined classic poemsand#8212;such as Edgar Allan Poeand#8217;s and#8220;The Ravenand#8221; and Langston Hughesand#8217;s and#8220;April Rain Songand#8221;and#8212;and added a dash of math. Between the silly parodies and the wonderfully wacky art, kids will have so much fun figuring out the puzzles, they wonand#8217;t guess theyand#8217;re learning! Answers appear unobtrusively on each page, and engaging information about the original poets is included. Math games and concepts, poetry and poet biographiesand#8212;itand#8217;s all so cleverly put together. This funny book is a treat for fans of words and numbers alike.
Review
Praise for
Punctuation Celebration:
“Here's a poetic way to learn punctuation—14 rhyming poems, with illustrated examples of hyphens, colons and other acrobatic punctuation at work. It's playfully instructive.”—USA Today
“Teachers presenting punctuation will be glad to have such a lighthearted interpretation of the topic to share with their classes.”—Booklist
“For those looking for a quick punctuation review in a fresh style, this will do nicely.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Brunos writing is clear and lively throughout. . . . Bright collages of children of various ethnicities engaged in diverse activities complement the text. . . . Brunos comprehensive approach to the topic offers good value to smaller collections.”—School Library Journal
Review
"Lewis cleverly combines math and language arts with this collection of humorous poetry parodies that present readers with math word problems to solve."--Kirkus "Teachers and parents might challenge youngsters to try solving the math problems, then introduce them to the classic poems by reading them together."--School Library Journal "Slack's bug-eyed caricatures are an exuberant complement to Lewis's delightfully offbeat union of poetry and math."--Publishers Weekly, starred review "This book could come in handy for a variety of different classroom purposes."--Booklist
Synopsis
Can learning about punctuation really be fun? You bet--in Elsa Knight Bruno's Punctuation Celebration, featuring illlustrations by Jenny Whitehead
Punctuation marks come alive in this clever picture book featuring fourteen playful poems. Periods stop sentences in a baker's shop, commas help a train slow down, quotation marks tell people what to do, and colons stubbornly introduce lists. This appealing primer is a surefire way to make punctuation both accessible and fun for kids.
Synopsis
Punctuation marks come alive in this clever picture book featuring fourteen playful poems. Periods stop sentences in a bakers shop, commas help a train slow down, quotation marks tell people what to do, and colons stubbornly introduce lists. This appealing primer is a surefire way to make punctuation both accessible and fun for kids.
Synopsis
Childrenand#8217;sand#160;Poet Laurate J. Patrick Lewis borrows themes from famous poems and flips them on their heads to create wacky verses and riddles in a collection of math-based problem-solving parodies, whileand#160;the illustrations keep the mix light and fun.
About the Author
Elsa Knight Bruno
taught kindergarten for twenty-nine years. She has published fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in many childrens magazines. This is her first picture book. She lives in Sylvania, Ohio.
Jenny Whitehead is the author-illustrator of Holiday Stew: A Kids Portion of Holiday and Seasonal Poems and Lunch Box Mail and Other Poems. She lives in Kansas City, Missouri.