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by: Charles Ghigna
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.00809282
EAN: 9781590780664
ISBN: 1590780663
Label: Boyds Mills Press
Manufacturer: Boyds Mills Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 64
Publication Date: 2003-09
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
Reading Level: Young Adult
Sales Rank: 1424209
Studio: Boyds Mills Press
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Rating:  - The Bones of Poetry
Most boys don't like poetry unless it's Shel Silverstein or Jack Prelutsky so Ghighna has a tough task to get into the kid's backpacks, but this little book might just do the trick. Kids might also want to try their hand at writing their OWN poems based on the titles of these poems, as well as enjoying the poems themselves. For older boys, tougher boys, after this book is devoured, I'd also get them reading Jimmy Santiago Baca or Jason Yurcic's collections as a start on poetry-as-language-of-the ... Read More
Rating:  - An Unexpected Delight for Boys
Don't let the size or cost of this little treasure fool you. Between the covers there is a variety of poetry that would be readable to the most reluctant male readers. Goofy, fun, depressing, shocking... there is a range of emotional responses for readers here that is rare for such a small volume by one author. I had read a previous customer review on this site and almost didn't read this book because of the negativity. All I can say is that she must have been female. As an educator of 33 years ... Read More
Rating:  - Not worth purchasing
I purchased this book as a I began preparing a unit on poetry. I noticed that most of my books had very little that would interest any of my male students. The selections in this book are too cliche. It seems as though the author thought boys don't like poetry so lets compile a bunch of very short, simple poems that pertain to male topics like sports, little sisters, and not liking homework and then they'll read it. The poetry has little to no thought in it. At least they could be humourous, but ... Read More
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