BIBLIOGRAPHY
Sierra, Judy. 2005. SCHOOLYARD RHYMES: KIDS OWN RHYMES FOR ROPE SKIPPING, HAND CLAPPING, BALL BOUNCING, AND JUST PLAIN FUN. Ill by Melissa Sweet. New York: Alfred A. Kopf. ISBN 0375925163.
Plot Summary
This compilation of children’s songs, games and rhymes is fun and uplifting. The combination of many familiar rhymes and songs and eye catching and fun illustrations makes this book great for kids and classrooms. The rhymes are well put together, and the accompanying illustrations make them either more fun.
Critical Analysis
This book would be an ideal fun read aloud for younger students. The rhymes featured in this book have been popular with children for quite some time, and with a book like this to engage children in them, they are sure to stick around. This book can inspire children to get up and play, or to create poems and rhymes of their own.
Review Excerpts
The Horn Book- "This picture book rejoices in the rhymes of childhood -- not the adult-approved Mother Goose nursery rhymes but the sometimes spiteful, always zesty rhymes chanted by children themselves."
Kirkus Reviews- “Drawing on her Ph.D. in folklore, Sierra has compiled an upbeat selection of dozens of schoolyard rhymes and runny poems, complemented by Sweet's charming illustrations in watercolor and fabric collage . . . . There are many available collections of children's traditional rhymes, but this one uses bright colors, great illustrations and pleasing design elements to reach out to contemporary children."
Connections
The class could go out to the playground and practice singing and rhyming these fun songs!
This book would be a great lead in to a rhyming unit. This book could be read aloud, and then children could be prompted to come up with their own rhymes.
Explore rhyming dictionaries and discuss how to create a good rhyming phrase.
Rhyming Dictionary:
Young, Sue. SCHOLASTIC RHYMING DICTIONARY. ISBN 0439796423
Sierra, Judy. 2005. SCHOOLYARD RHYMES: KIDS OWN RHYMES FOR ROPE SKIPPING, HAND CLAPPING, BALL BOUNCING, AND JUST PLAIN FUN. Ill by Melissa Sweet. New York: Alfred A. Kopf. ISBN 0375925163.
Plot Summary
This compilation of children’s songs, games and rhymes is fun and uplifting. The combination of many familiar rhymes and songs and eye catching and fun illustrations makes this book great for kids and classrooms. The rhymes are well put together, and the accompanying illustrations make them either more fun.
Critical Analysis
This book would be an ideal fun read aloud for younger students. The rhymes featured in this book have been popular with children for quite some time, and with a book like this to engage children in them, they are sure to stick around. This book can inspire children to get up and play, or to create poems and rhymes of their own.
Review Excerpts
The Horn Book- "This picture book rejoices in the rhymes of childhood -- not the adult-approved Mother Goose nursery rhymes but the sometimes spiteful, always zesty rhymes chanted by children themselves."
Kirkus Reviews- “Drawing on her Ph.D. in folklore, Sierra has compiled an upbeat selection of dozens of schoolyard rhymes and runny poems, complemented by Sweet's charming illustrations in watercolor and fabric collage . . . . There are many available collections of children's traditional rhymes, but this one uses bright colors, great illustrations and pleasing design elements to reach out to contemporary children."
Connections
The class could go out to the playground and practice singing and rhyming these fun songs!
This book would be a great lead in to a rhyming unit. This book could be read aloud, and then children could be prompted to come up with their own rhymes.
Explore rhyming dictionaries and discuss how to create a good rhyming phrase.
Rhyming Dictionary:
Young, Sue. SCHOLASTIC RHYMING DICTIONARY. ISBN 0439796423
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