Books : Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers: A Collection of Family Poems (Reading Rainbow Book)
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by: Mary Ann Hoberman
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780316362511
ISBN: 0316362514
Label: Little, Brown Young Readers
Manufacturer: Little, Brown Young Readers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 32
Publication Date: September 01, 2001
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Sales Rank: 221983
Studio: Little, Brown Young Readers
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Product Description:
There is something for everyone in this wise and witty celebration of families-poems about the only child, brothers, uncles, adopted babies, stepsiblings, and moms and dads.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - A lovely book
I just love this book. There is only one caveat, and that's a sad poem about being a child of divorce, but, hey, that's reality and if it opens the mind of a kid whose parents are married, maybe not a bad thing.
Rating: - Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers
Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers: A Collection of Family Poems by Mary Ann Hoberman is a specialized poetry book containing twenty-six different lyric and narrative poems all focusing on different aspects of families and their lives. The poems throughout the book are structured differently some structures include are: couplets, quatrains, and free verse. Each poem has different sound patterns, examples of sound pattern in some of the poems are: onomatopoeias, rhyme and assonance, and rhythm. ... Read More
Rating: - A humorous and sensitive book
Genuine characters juggle their big sisters, step-mothers, and cheek- pinching aunts in this collection of family-centered poems. While Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers entertains young readers with situational humor and sprightly rhyme, selections such as "Half-Whole-Step" and "When Annie Was Adopted" deviate from its lighthearted verse to celebrate and explore diversity: "I am a half-brother / I am a whole-brother / I am a step-brother / There's just one of me!" Although metaphor is ... Read More
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