I found a couple of really cool poetry books in an elementary school library. The first is "Tyrannosaurus Was a Beast" written by Jack Prelutsky and illustrated by Arnold Lobel. It is a fourth grade level book. It list 12 types of dinosaurs and has a poem for each of them along with the correct way to pronounce them. And yes, I did use the pronunciation helper. I believe this book can be used in a reading and science lesson as it has lots of scientific facts and awesome rhyme scheme along with great illustrations.
The second poetry book I chose is "Mary Had Little Jam (and Other Silly Rhymes)" created by Bruce Lansky and illustrated by Stephen Carpenter. This book is a third grade reading level. The author took lots of old nursery rhyme and added his own spin on them. It was a little reminiscent of my early childhood with a new twist. I found it pretty entertaining.
Give these selections a read, I think you'll like them too. Peace.
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"Mary Had Little Jam" is a great book. I actually bought that book for my son years ago. I like how many of the old nursery rhymes have different wording. Great Book!!
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