Author and Illustrator: Shel Silverstein
Genre: Poetry
Major Awards: ALA Notable Books 1974
Age Group: 4 years old - first grade
Summary:
This collection of poems, or anthology, is about children exploring nature and being adventurous. This was one of the first poetry books I had growing up, along with The Giving Tree. Throughout the poetry book, Shel Silverstein drew pictures to help show children what he was envisioning. Drawings are not on every page or for every poem but for the majority of it. He starts the anthology off with a poem called "Invitation" which is a poem about inviting people in to read all about what is in this book.
One of my favorite poems is called "Beard" ever since I was younger I always liked this poem in particular. It is about someone who has a very long beard, we do not know why or what the inspiration behind this was for but I would laugh all the time when I heard this poem. On the right side theres a little cartoon of a man running with a beard which adds a picture to this already funny picture. This collection of poems are just for fun.
In my classroom, I would use this book for free reading time in kindergarten. Just to get the sillies out with the students. I would also use this book to show how you can have a collection of poems that go together in a subtle way.
I think having this book for 4-year-olds to 7-year-olds is appropriate. It is short and silly enough for the students to enjoy it.
In my classroom, I would have each student pick a poem from the book and have them draw a picture to represent the poem and then go around and share what they drew.
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