Children love noise words and noise sounds because they are funny. For today's poetry title I have a book that is jam packed with noise words. It is the kind of book that children find amusing, and they will love having the poems read to them again and again.
Noisy Poems for a busy Day
Noisy Poems for a busy Day
Robert Heidbreder
Illustrated by Lori Joy Smith
Poetry Picture Book
For ages 4 to 6
Kids Can Press, 2012, 978-1-55453-706-8
The sun is
rising and it is time to get up. With a “Riffle-rustle” a little boy jumps out
of bed, his feet making a “down-pound” sound as they hit the wooden floor. Another
day has “rolled around” and there are so many things to do.
In this
sounds-filled book of poetry we join some children as they make their way
through the day from sunrise to sunset. Every page gives young readers little
poems that are full of sounds and onomatopoeic words, many of which children
will love. For example, in the second poem, Off
to Breakfast, we encounter “sloppy slurp” and “Big Belch – BURP!” Later in
the morning it is time to get dressed and we see a little boy “Twisty-Twiggle /
Jump-up jiggle” as he gets his clothes on.
After getting
dressed we venture outside where we play in the grass, get kissed by a dog, do
somersaults, look at the clouds, and enjoy doing the kinds of things that
children love to do. By the time we are ready to go back indoors we are filthy
and need to “Twisty-twiggle” into clean clothes again.
Throughout this
book the poems are accompanied by amusing illustrations that perfectly capture
the ebullience of children as they make their way through the day having fun,
playing, quarreling, and finally, resting.
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