Poetry

The book I chose for this week is called, "Poem-Moblies", by J. Patrick Lewis and Douglas Florian. This book is very unique because of its fictional portrayal of automobiles. It uses ordinary objects and foods to create a poem about an imaginary car. A fun fact from the book is that these illustrations were created from pencil sketches and water colors. Then they were digitally altered which gives it a 3D look.  The book is very surrealistic. It is kind of strange and has a dreamlike look. It has a lot of fantasy images of cars that don't realistically exist. There is a Paper Car, Dragon Wagon, High-Heel Car, Balloon Car, Caterpillar Cab, and etc.  I believe that a large audience will enjoy this book. Children can compare and contrast facts from fiction. It's an interesting book that I believe girls and boys will enjoy when reading about these cars. It's not only focused on a certain group of children. There are a lot of activities that can be done with this. In addition, the poem and car I chose to share is the, "The Giant Bookmobile of Tomorrow". I really enjoyed this poem the most because it rhymes and has some realistic facts about several types of books, to describe a Bookmobile.

This is a picture of  "The Giant Bookmobile of Tomorrow".

On the left in this picture on page 8 is the poem I chose.

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