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“Rumpelstiltskin: / Turn back, turn back! / My name I'll never tell / Turn back, turn back! / A thousand times farewell!“

Marilyn Singer's 'Mirror Mirror' is a captivating collection of reversible poems that tell classic fairy tales from different perspectives. Its innovative format encourages critical thinking, creativity, and a deeper understanding of narrative structure. This book can be used to teach about point of view, creative writing, and the versatility of language in storytelling.

I enjoyed the poem in reverse as it introduces the reader to the book. Who says it's true - down is the only view? If you believe that, this poem will challenge you. Up is something new.

Again, this book would be a great way to introduce students to reverso poems and how one poem can have two meanings.

This poem book is filled with reverso poems. This would be a good way to introduce students to reverso poems. The book uses poems about popular fairytale characters which I found to be engaging and fun. It is cool to see how one poem can have two meanings when read in reverse.

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From the introduction:
“The poems in this collection are called reversos because they‘re written as two different versions of the same story. In the case of Mirror Mirror, the stories are fairy tales.”

Children would love this book! I loved this book. It would be a fun way to introduce reverse poems and it included a fairy tales which are creative and the children would enjoy that.

Mirror Mirror by Marilyn Singer. The author tells the reader before they start to read that it‘s “A book of reversible verse.” I love fairytales and it was cool that she told two sides of one story. I have never read anything like this. I liked that she put both the normal and the reverse on each page.

“Isn't life unfair? stuck in a corner, while they're waiting for a chance with the prince,“

I would read this to 1st and 2nd graders. This book would be great when students get into fairytale books. It's a good way to introduce poetry into the classroom in a fun way.

This book is a children's poetry book. The rhythm in this story connects with the book. Each book is a fairytale story and the poem starts one way and the opposite on the other. The rhythm helps create the poem into a new and different type of story.

This is a poem that will appeal to children, because of the creativity behind it and the familiar theme. This poem has high quality imagination by showing children different ways poetry can work and it shows them a fresh way of creative poetry.

I would use this book in my future classroom, because it has a variety of poems ad a lot of them have themes that are familiar to children. This specific poem for example is creative by flopping the poem to mean something completely different and it is about Cinderella. These poems are good examples of poetry.

I definitely want this book in my future classroom. it‘s super fun, with small cute illustrations. I think children would really like it.

mirror mirror

“Time to get off your feet. what would you like? an apple to eat?”

This was a really interesting and cool book. Each poem had two sides, like a mirrors They had creative poems and illustrations in the book. The poems can also be read top to bottom or bottom to top. Children would for sure be intrigued!

I loved how the poems had two sides to them. It's like the “mirror“ is talking back to the first poem and saying the opposite thing. This gives it the feel that you have the devil and the angel sitting on your shoulders trying to tell you what to do.

I thought this book was so cute and interesting! I liked how each poem had two sides to it, sort of like the devil and the angel sides. The poems in this book were so unique and the illustrations were wonderful.

“An apple to eat?”

I really enjoy this book! it is a different way to tell classic stories. Children would know the stories but enjoy them in a different way. Through poetry!

I picked this book up without realizing I had already read one of Marilyn Singers books! I just love her illustrations. This book was published in 2010! I really enjoyed this booo because of the illustrations, colors and the new take on classic stories. The poetry version of some of the well known classics made this book very interesting. I think children would really enjoy it!

I will have this in my classroom because it‘s very colorful and relates to the classic fairytale of Snow White!

“Mirror Mirror” was written by Marilyn Singer in 2010. This book is a poem version of the classic childhood fairytale Snow White. The words are unique and the structure is very good as well!

“I‘ll be shining these shoes till the clock strikes midnight.”

I like this book because it goes through poems that the kids could recognize. The illustrations are large and the poems are short but meaningful.

Mirror Mirror by Marilyn Singer was published in 2010. I love the format of the poems! Each poem is said in two ways - one normal and one reverse. I like that it goes through a number of fairy tales that would be noticeable to the children. I also like that the illustrations fill the page!

“But I have to be sleeping, never partying, never out in the world.”

Perfect book for kids especially those who love reading fairytales

Mirror Mirror by Marilyn Singer was written in 2010. This was such a fun book to read with all the different poems with fairytales! I love reading fairytales and this was a fun little version of two different sides. There‘s the main character, then a side character with their little portion. My favorite one was the one about Cinderella.

For love, give up your voice. Don‘t think twice.

I‘m ready to buy this book already! I think the style is so awesome and kids would go crazy for it.

This is so interesting!! The poems can be read either top to bottom or bottom to top. I think this would completely captivate kids.

Day 20: Reflection
#anewchapter

What‘s brewing when two favorites—poetry and fairy tales—are turned (literally) on their heads? It‘s a revolutionary recipe: an infectious new genre of poetry and a lovably modern take on classic stories. First, read the poems forward, then reverse the lines and read again to give familiar tales a delicious new spin. This gorgeously illustrated and unique offering holds a mirror up to language and fairy tales. #mirror #newhogwartsadventure

Woohoo! Look at the cool number I caught! It's a palindrome! Wait, does that apply to numbers? I'm not so great with the numbers, more of a #wordnerd. 😂

Mirror Mirror by Marilyn Singer is a great book of poems for students! It includes poetry of very familiar TL stories that children know and love! It also includes a different way of reading, from bottom to top, along with top to bottom reading which children will love! It repeats what it says, great for increasing fluency! #ucflae3414sp17 Look at these lesson plans: http://www.penguin.com/static/images/yr/pdf/LessonPlans_MirrorMirror.pdf

"Who says it's true- down is the only view?" I ❤ this poetry book Mirror Mirror by Marilyn Singer so much! It really helps students see two sides of every story. It will also help students with fluency. Below is a link to Pinterest for some fun classroom activities: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/101753272802250111/ #UCFLAE3414sp17

This is my favorite place to read #outside. I can't wait until it warms up again. When the weather is good we do all our school and I do all my reading out here.