Title: Here's a Little Poem: A
Very First Book of Poetry
Collected by: Jane Yolen and Andrew
Fusek
Illustrated by: Polly Dunbar
Publishing Company: Candlewick
Press
Copyright: 2007
Pages: 104
Genre: Poetry/ Anthologies of
Poetry
This book is a collection of
sixty-one poems centered around the day to day life of a toddler divided into
chapters. “Me, myself, and I,” “Who
lives in my house,” “I go outside, and Time” for bed are the four categories. The poems
emphasize the moments of a toddlers life from a Circle of Sun to Dreammaker.
I chose this book because it has great short poems, and they are simple to read
to my daughter. My favorite poem, The No-No Bird, is about a child that
says no to everything, just like my daughter. "I'm the no-no bird! I sulk
and sing No! No! No! too everything.” These lines show the expression of every
toddler’s face when they are saying no. The poems are every bit of my daughter's
day and I absolutely love the book. It is a must have for parents with younger
children.
Illustrations are done in pen, ink,
and watercolors to give a whimsical effect throughout the collection. The
colors are bright with mixed media composition and lines. Small vignette
illustrations are used with the poems to give it visual balance. The whimsical
effect gives it a fun, yet loving feeling expressing the life of a child.
This book would be good used in
Kindergarten through second grade. The book would be a great way to introduce
poetry to get the students thinking, "What was my every day toddler years
like?" This could also be used to help the students create a poem of
their own or the class as a whole. This book has many awards Book Sense Summer
2007, Children’s Pick List, Claudia Lewis Poetry Award, Finalist CYBILS, ALA
Notable Book 2007, E. B. White picture book list, CCBC’s annual
best-of-the-year list, IBBY Honors List for 2008, Booklist Editors Choice 2007,
Sunday Times Children’s Book of the Week, PW favorite Poetry Book for
2007,Children’s Books Ireland.
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