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optimaggie's review
4.0
These poems made my son laugh when he was a little, little boy and they still do at eight. I foresee these providing inspiration when he starts to write his own poetry for school.
kglahoda's review
5.0
My son said he loved this book; I thought it was okay. I would have given it a 2 or a 3, but the art was unique and captured what was happening in the stories, and he loved it, so...it's a 5. Our favorite poem with matching artwork was Combo Tango.
calistareads's review
3.0
A fun collection of one page poems for kids with colorful pictures that get to the heart of the poem. I appreciated the one about Poseidon and this Kelp Toupee - that was hilarious. A baby sphinx is very cute come to find out. There were quite a few of them that were very good.
Each little poem was a little story. This kids thought this was an ok book. There were funny moments, but I think they missed a longer story. The niece gave this 2 stars and the nephew followed suit.
It’s a great introduction to poetry.
Each little poem was a little story. This kids thought this was an ok book. There were funny moments, but I think they missed a longer story. The niece gave this 2 stars and the nephew followed suit.
It’s a great introduction to poetry.
hollowspine's review
4.0
I listened to this read by John Mcdonough, who did a lovely job reciting these hilarious poems. My favorites, and what I think would go best for storytimes and family read alouds are the poems Combo Tango, which I think would be great with added movements, it starts out boogie to the banjo, bop to the bongo, freeze like an igloo, drop like a yoyo flip like the hairdo, wobble like a mud flap and more, it's got a lot of kinda random words that you're not going to use in daily language, so it's a great vocab builder.
I also really liked the Peas poem for similar reasons, Peas peek out of the pod (I like the alliteration which will make it easy to remember as well as fun to say), they ponder, they whisper, they nod...The wind is in the willow trees, the sun is on the sod. Short and sweet.
The Appleton Twins are a curious pair, they never agree, but they don't seem to care. If one of them whispers the other one shouts...if one of them chuckles the other one growls, if one of them grumbles the other one grins. This one is another that would be good to try with a storytime group, separating the group into two sides to do the two actions would be fun.
Also, Poseidon's Hair is just hilarious. I could see a fun felt board made with this rhyme, adding each piece of Poseidon's toupee or having the kids add it as you read. Although it smells of oyster shells and often floats away Poseidon loves his hair, he wears it every day. (haha).
I also really liked the Peas poem for similar reasons, Peas peek out of the pod (I like the alliteration which will make it easy to remember as well as fun to say), they ponder, they whisper, they nod...The wind is in the willow trees, the sun is on the sod. Short and sweet.
The Appleton Twins are a curious pair, they never agree, but they don't seem to care. If one of them whispers the other one shouts...if one of them chuckles the other one growls, if one of them grumbles the other one grins. This one is another that would be good to try with a storytime group, separating the group into two sides to do the two actions would be fun.
Also, Poseidon's Hair is just hilarious. I could see a fun felt board made with this rhyme, adding each piece of Poseidon's toupee or having the kids add it as you read. Although it smells of oyster shells and often floats away Poseidon loves his hair, he wears it every day. (haha).
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