Category Archives: POETRY

Free Pocket Chart Cards for Fun and Fractured Nursery Rhymes

Posted on 05/14/2012 by Carolyn Wilhelm

Free Pocket Chart Cards for Fun and Fractured Nursery Rhymes Ms. Tonya at Strings, Keys, and Melodies has such a great blog post about nursery rhymes that I was inspired to make a free PDF. Please visit her blog for … Continue reading →

Book 266: Father Fox’s Christmas Rhymes

Posted on 12/06/2011 by Carolyn Wilhelm

Father Fox’s Christmas Rhymes Written and illustrated by Wendy Watson This is a wonderful book of poems about the Christmas season. The pictures all have foxes in them, but capture the feelings and happiness of the season. Some of the … Continue reading →

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Book 186 and 187: Merry-Go-Round A Book About Nouns and A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink, What is a Noun?

Posted on 07/24/2011 by Carolyn Wilhelm

A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink, What is a Noun? Merry-Go-Round: A Book About Nouns by Ruth Heller A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink, What is a Noun? by Brian P. Cleary, illustrated by Jenya Prosmitsky The first … Continue reading →

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Book 183: What a Wonderful World

Posted on 07/20/2011 by Carolyn Wilhelm

What a Wonderful World by George David Weiss and Bob Thiele, illustrated by Ashley Bryan This book shows a group of children, along with the great Satchmo, performing the song What a Wonderful World as a puppet show. This fantasy … Continue reading →

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Book 168: Hiawatha’s Childhood by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Posted on 07/01/2011 by Carolyn Wilhelm

Hiawatha’s Childhood by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Growing up in Minneapolis, I heard The Story of Hiawatha many times at home and at school. The Minnehaha Falls were nearby, with the statue of Hiawatha and Minnehaha on the banks of the … Continue reading →

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Book 150: THE EARTH UNDER SKY BEAR’S FEET: Native American Poems of the Land

Posted on 06/15/2011 by Carolyn Wilhelm

The Earth Under Sky Bear’s Feet: Native American Poems of the Land by Joseph Burchac, illustrated by Thomas Locker The Earth Under Sky Bear’s Feet: Native American Poems of the Land is an absolutely beautiful and inspiring book. There are … Continue reading →

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Book 140: Creatures of Earth, Sea, and Sky

Posted on 06/06/2011 by Carolyn Wilhelm

Creatures of Earth, Sea, and Sky by Georgia Heard, drawings by Jennifer Owings Dewey Some children are natural born poets and sometimes we don’t notice this about a child when we are so busy trying to teach reading the way … Continue reading →