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Books in Print (via TWU Databases).
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Hoberman, Mary Ann. Ill. by Betty
Fraser. (1998). The Llama Who Had No
Pajama. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 9780152001117
Mary
Ann Hoberman creates a delightful series of 100 poems for children in The Llama Who Had No Pajama. Illustrated
by Betty Fraser, this poem picture book contains images in a watercolor array
of everything from animals to family life. Children can enjoy the simple rhyme
that introduces poetry to the very young with fun topics. Although there are
100 poems total, they are not lengthy and the illustrations enhance each one.
The organization contains a table of contents for use when choosing poems from
the selection. A reader can also select from the list of the first lines of
each poem.
The
target audience is pre-school to second grade, but all ages can enjoy these
poems. Hoberman suggests humor and rhyme
with the idea of a having a birthday each week, “the songs you’d hear…would
feel queer!” This selection is useful in
story times, as many children will understand the poem that suggests we not use
an armadillo as a pillow! Also, each story time can include a few selections so
that poetry is introduced each time children experience a new book. One comment by Susan D. Lempke in her Booklist review is the playful repetition of sounds in this selection (Books in Print, 1998).
This
Gold Award Winner (1998) can be a favorite as children advance to longer poems.
The poem The Birthday Bus contains
longer verses with more of a story to tell. Children will relate to the child
on the bus turning six who will accept the “gift of a bus…without a fuss!” This is also an example of the assonance used in the poetry with repeated vowel sounds. This allows for learning literacy skills in children, without sacrificing the quality and message of the verse.
References:
Books in Print (via TWU Databases).
Accessed October 6, 2013. http://ezproxy.twu.edu:2125/DetailedView.aspx?hreciid=|993250|1958951&mc=USA#
Hoberman, Mary Ann. Ill. by Betty
Fraser. (1998). The Llama Who Had No
Pajama. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 9780152001117
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