Good Rhymes, Good Times | 
This is a great book to use in an elementary classroom with young children in it. The poems are short and simple which makes it easier for young children to read and understand. The poems are mostly all about things children are interested in which helps draw their attention to the book.
This is a poetry book. It uses rhyming words. Some of the poems are concrete poems. This means that the words make up an image. The poems inside this book also uses alliteration. The poems are about the seasons and holidays and animals.
“The new kite, blue-white, flitters, twirls, tumbles, twitters like a young bird in the wide-awake sky.”
I liked “Snow City” because it talked about how pretty and lovely the snow is when it first falls, but how it gets gross and slushy overnight.
pickThese are really fun poems for kids to read! There are cute illustrations to go along with the poems. The stories are about things that kids already know about, like snowfall, pets going to the vet, dogs sleeping with you etc. The poems are short and easy for younger kids to read.
pickThe rhyming poems in Good Rhymes, Good Times (P and SR) are so fun to read! The illustrations are so inclusive of all kinds of people, and the poems are truly cute. I believe that this book incorporates UDL Principles 7.1: Optimize individual choice and autonomy and 7.2: Optimize relevance, value, and authenticity.
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“Sing a song of cities.
If you do,
Cities will sing back to you.”
Each poem is relatable to a child. For example, pets, kites, valentine‘s day, teeth, christmas, and more.
pickGood Rhymes, Good Times is a poetry book written by Lee Bennet Hopkins and illustrated by Frané Lessac. This book includes a large variety of poems that are random. Each poem rhymes and is included with its own picture. I enjoyed this book.
Cute book with poems that celebrate the wonders of the world through a child‘s point of view
pick1995, poetry. Book filled of different poems with many kids as characters. Words move differently on each page and have an image that relates to that poem. Stories about the world, city life, and times of days.
