Welcome to Litsy!

Published - 1998
Author - Mary Ann Hoberman,
Illustrator- Betty Frasher
Genre- Poem
This story revolves around animals doing tasks that children are familiar with. It i s a short poem and is really enjoyed by children. It's a great beginning step for children in poetry!

The poem Hello and GoodBye, contains sensory images of smell. This poem talks about the rain, I could smell and touch the rain as they were talking about it. Also this poem contains sound. I could hear the rain and birds as the rain faded away.

I would read this in my classroom because I think that the students can connect to the meaning of the poem.

“Hello to the sky. Hello to the rain.“

“ if you‘re sleeping in the jungle, and you wish to find a pillow, take a friendly word of warning, do not use an armadillo!”

This book is a collection of 100 favorite poems that can be a great introduction to poems for young readers.

Covering everything from centipedes to whales, from swinging on swings to ice-skating in winter, from eating applesauce to celebrating birthdays, the delightful poems in this book convey the experiences of childhood

This P book is SUCH a great way to get kids excited about poetry. The poems incorporate animals, people, time, opposites and childhood fun! I absolutely plan on doing a RA with my students in the future because of the humor and school subjects involved! This book is a Gold Award Winner for National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA). #LAE3414sp19

“Ducks are lucky, don‘t you think?”

I think children will really enjoy all of the fun poems in this book.

The Llama Who Had No Pajama has lots of poems for children. I think children will really enjoy all of the poems in this book.

I loved the quote “bundle up from toe to ear”
although it‘s so simple and random, it evoked memories and emotion from me and my childhood of playing outside in the cold with my friends!

The use of alliteration and repetition brought this text alive!!

Published in 1998, this poetry story includes a multitude of poems in which evoke emotion and transport you to a world where you can feel the words and almost experience them. The use of rhyming and a sense of swaying help the reader dive into all the detail presented in the poems.