26 short poems take you through the seasons--fall, winter, spring, and summer.
Thoughts: A lovely collection of haiku suitable for the youngest children. I love the images the poems put in my mind even before I note the pages' illustrations. The watercolor and ink illustrations are charming. I want to have my very own panda bear like Koo! I have a poetry storytime scheduled for later this month and I've settled on spring as my theme. I'm going to share the spring sections of various seasonal poetry collections along with a few spring themed picture books. I would like to do the same with all the other seasons as they happen this year. My favorite poems are dance, king, crocuses, and tic-tac-toe.
The author's note explains what haiku is and makes readers aware of an alphabet scavenger hunt throughout the book. Can you find all 26 words A to Z? I've had an idea for a writing exercise for older kids to go along with the book. Read Hi, Koo! and then use the alphabet words to create your own haiku. The alphabet words: autumn, broom, coat, dance, eating, friend, gathers, heart, icicles, just, king, long, morning, new, out, puddles, quiet, reading, sad, tiny, up, violet, water, Xs, your, and zero.
Other Seasonal Poetry Collections for Children:
- Beautiful Day! Petite Poems for All Seasons by Rodoula Pappa
- Guyku: A Year of Haiku for Boys by Bob Raczka
- Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems selected by Paul B. Janeczko
- When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons by Julie Fogliano
- Lion of the Sky: Haiku for All Seasons by Laura Purdie Salas
- Red Sings from the Treetops: A Year in Colors by Joyce Sidman
- Outside Your Window: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies
Themes: Seasons, Poetry, Elementary
(Scholastic, 2014.)
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