As a reading teacher who absolutely adores books and loves to share my love for reading with my students, I was ecstatic to stumble across this book. Every single poem in this collection is about the journey that is reading. Not only are the poems so well written, while still containing excellent rhythmic language and fun word play, but the illustrations are incredible as well. The illustrations seem to be collages, made from several different materials. The best part about this book is that it can be used to incorporate poetry into any reading unit. There is one poem in particular entitled “A Character Pleads for His Life” in which the speaker is begging the reader to turn the page and let the story unfold in order to save his life. What a cool way to begin a character study unit! There is also another poem entitled “Index” that would be an awesome poem to use when introducing nonfiction text features. This is one of the most interesting and useful poetry books that I have ever read - I will definitely be using this in my classroom. I came across this book while I was checking in books at the library, someone had just returned it. I'm not usually a fan of poetry, but this little book was wonderful. I loved how beautiful the book was, the art and poems go so well together. The poems are all about the different aspects of books or their features. 32 quick pages (you could finish it in less than 5 min) but it is just so lovely. It is well worth checking out. :)
What do You think about Book Speak! (2000)?
I liked these poem a lot. These would be fun to share with kids and or other book lovers.
—Tricia94
Can't wait to use some of these poems in my instruction!
—Farzanna
