Children's Literature
Sharing my thoughts on some exceptional books...
Singer, M. (2010). Mirror mirror: A book of reversible verse. New York: Dutton Children's Books. This book contains well-known fairytales written in reverse poetry. These fairytales consist of Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, and Beauty and the Best to name a few. Each poem is divided into two columns. The first one telling one perspective, followed by the second column which reverses the poem and tells a completely different perspective. Singer cleverly uses the same words but changes the poems direction and punctuation to give the poem a completely different meaning. For example, in the poem "The Doubtful Ducking," the first poem is a confident duckling who knows for a fact that she will one day be a beautiful swan. When the poem is reversed and the punctuation changed the poem know is a doubtful duckling who doesn't believe she will be a beautiful swan someday. Also in "Cinderella's Double Life," the first poem is a sad Cinderella stuck in the corner shining shoes while her step sisters are enjoying the ball. The reversed poem has Cinderella in her shining shoes dancing at the ball while her step sisters are in the corner upset. The illustrations in this book are outstanding. Each poem has a full page colorful illustration divided in half showing both perspectives. They help enhance the text and meaning. After reading the poems in this book, a great lesson to do with children is to allow them to try to write, in a group of three or four, their own verso poem for a fairytale character. They will need to keep in mind the different points of view that they can be told for each poem.
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Nora RuizI'm a stay-at-home mom who has three daughters ages 7, 4, and 1. I like spending time with family and enjoying a cup of coffee with sweet bread! Assignments:Textbook #2
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