Language and Literature

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Sidman, J., & Zagarenski, P. (2010). Red sings from treetops:A year in colors . New York: Scholastic ISBN: 978-986-6273-30-8 SUMMARY : Joyce Sidman's poetry brings the colors of the seasons to life in a fresh light, combining the senses of sight, sound, smell, and taste. illustrator Pam Zagarenski's interpretations go beyond the concrete, allowing us to not just see color, but feel it. ANALYSIS: Poet Joyce Sidman takes on the challenge to create poems about seasons using colors. This book was written with astounding creativity, as it portrays the changing of the seasons by bringing color to life. We experience each season through a series of poems. The colors, actually written as words, are elaborated in a way that heightens the senses. The placement of short lines creates a natural rhythm. Rhyme is used occasionally as if each rhyme effortlessly fell into place without straying from the overall flow. For example, “In summer, white clinks in drinks....

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Grimes, N (2018).One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance. Bloomsbury USA. ISBN:978:1619635548 SUMMARY: In this collection of poetry, Nikki Grimes looks afresh at the poets of the Harlem Renaissance—including voices like Langston Hughes, Georgia Douglas Johnson, and many more writers of importance and resonance from this era—by combining their work with her own original poetry. Using "The Golden Shovel" poetic method, Grimes has written a collection of poetry that is as gorgeous as it is thought-provoking. Analysis: Between the covers of this compact volume lies artistic, literary, sociocultural, and curricular gold.   Taking her inspiration from the poets of the Harlem Renaissance and her poetic form from a method first developed to honor Gwendolyn Brooks, Grimes offers an introduction and a homage to these strong African-American voices. After providing brief author’s notes on the Harlem Renaissance and its role in inspiring her own work, she ...

B IBLIOGRAPHY: Hoberman, M. A., & Emberley, M. (2001). Very short stories to read together . Boston: Little, Brown. ISBN: 0-316-36350-2 SUMMARY: A unique book in two voices that uses traditional reading teaching techniques alliteration, rhyme, repetition, short sentences, to invite young children to read along with an adult. Each of the twelve short stories fit on one spread and features childlike themes- family, friendship, pets, and seasons. ANALYSIS: Mary Ann Hoberman playful introduction to one of her series of read-together books explains how the dynamics of the text work. Hoberman designed these books specifically to provide an engaging shared reading experience for a pair of beginning readers or one beginning and one more advanced reader. You Read to Me, and I Read to You is a collection of thirteen very short, humorous stories printed to allow one reader to read the words presented on the left,a second reader to read the words on the right, and both readers share t...