LITERATURE
Bodden, Valerie

Picturing Words in a Poem

(3) K-3 Write Me a Poem series. Illustrated by Monique Felix. This generally accessible series introduces the concept of writing poetry (Who) and highlights techniques poets use to convey images (Picturing), emotions (Poking Fun), and sound (Rhyme). Excerpts from classic poems (often with sophisticated vocabulary) serve as examples. Full-page illustrations, alternately elegant and cartoonish, match the feelings of the poems. Writing activity appended. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Write Me a Poem titles: Finding the Rhyme in a Poem, Picturing Words in a Poem, Poking Fun in a Poem, and Who Is a Poet?.

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