Books I read the week of April 25-29:
LEAPS AND BOUNCE by Susan Hood and Matthew Cordell. A story filled with fun, humor and rhyme with a little science on the side. This is basically a lesson in how frogs grow from tadpoles into frogs. It's told as an adventure story with lyrical language and humorous, cartoony illustrations and several open-the-flap pages. And it uses a few of my favorite words: rumpus, hullaballo and shenanigans! It has amphibians rhyming with shenanigans - not a perfect rhyme, but it's so fun, it works.
TINY RABBIT'S BIG WISH by Magarita Engle and David Walker.
MAMMOTHS ON THE MOVE by Lisa Wheeler and Kurt Cyrus.
WATCH YOUR TONGUE, CECILY BEASLEY by Lane Fredrickson and Jon Davis.
NINJA RED RIDING HOOD by Corey Rosen Schwartz and Dan Santat.
I AM COW, HEAR ME MOO! by Jill Esbaum and Gus Gordon.
ROOM ON THE BROOM by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.
TYRANNOSAURUS DRIP by Julia Donaldson and David Roberts.
CATS NIGHT OUT by Caroline Stutson and John Klassen.
BOO-LA-LA WITCH SPA by Samantha Berger and Isabel Roxas.
I love April because it's National Poetry Month and along with that, RhyPiBoMo!
RhyPiBoMo is a month-long challenge for children’s writers to learn more about rhyming, poetry and poetic techniques.
Everyone is encouraged to follow along! Here is the pledge:
My reading material from this week:
My favorite for the week is
WHEREVER YOU GO by Pat Zietlow Miller illustrated by Eliza Wheeler. Love, love the illustrations!
Here is my poem for the Golden Quill Poetry contest:
KITTY'S QUEST FOR FREEDOM
I must sneak out, I must sneak out,
this kitty wants a walk about.
I’ll duck out when Dog comes in –
if I fail, I’ll try again.
Now I’m out, now I’m free!
I’m scared – it’s way too much for me!
I should be glad ... to my chagrin,
now I want to sneak back in!
Here are the fun books I read this week:
They are all really cute, but I think my favorite is a girl and her gator. It is just so funny!
Still working on my new poem and story!
Happy April! Not only is it the month where Spring REALLY arrives here in St. Louis, but it's also National Poetry Month and along with that, RhyPiBoMo!
RhyPiBoMo is a month-long writing challenge for children’s writers aspiring to write rhyming picture books poetry and to add poetic techniques to their prose.
There's still time to sign up (you have until April 8) , or just follow along! There are daily posts about rhyming and optional challenges – if you've ever considered writing in rhyme, no matter what THEY say, join in the fun! If you're up to the challenge, and a chance to win some prizes, here's what you need to do daily:
