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I would not use this book in my classroom

I liked how this book was done. It was a super cool concept

“Today the mailboxes on the roadside and the spruce trees behind the house wear cold white hats of snow.

Mice scurry from the stone walls at night in their thin fur hats to eat the birdseed that has spilled.“

I would use this book when introducing poetry to my class. This book does a great job integrating illustrations into the overall writing/story topic. The illustrations are somewhat whimsical utilizing a watercolor feel.

This book looks at how poetry has changed and evolved over time showing many examples of the forms poetry took. The various topics of inspiration and objects the poetry this book is inspired by are based on the poet's time period of writing. This adds a very cool element to the book.

But today we go bareheaded into the winter streets, stand hatless on frozen platforms.

Today the mailboxes on the roadside and the spruce trees behind the house wear cold white hats of snow.

Mice scurry from the stone walls at night in their thin fur hats to eat the birdseed that has spilled.

I would use this book when introducing poetry to my class. This is a great introduction to poetry.

Poetry.
A book-eating moth in the early Middle Ages. A peach blossom during the Renaissance. A haunted palace in the Victorian era. A lament for the hat in contemporary times. Poetry has been a living form of artistic expression for thousands of years, and throughout that time poets have found inspiration in everything from swords to stamp albums, candles to cobwebs, manhole covers to the moon.

#DecemberSong Day 11: #HardCandyChristmas reminded me of this poem from Paul Janeczko‘s collection featured by Fats here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-dqU

This book was great. I love that it has various types of poems throughout, but has a constant theme as to how the poems are written. Aside from that, the illustrations were simple and gave the poems a chance to shine.
The constant theme that these poems showed was that most seemed to be very descriptive. By this I mean that not only was the setting explained in great details, but also the feelings or the person. I enjoyed these poems very much.

This book takes a look at “poems through history inspired by objects—earthly and celestial—reflecting the time in which each poet lived...great way to introduce kids to great poetry, and it helps that is has an actual theme that's fun..”

There‘s Billy Collins‘s The Death Of The Hat, read the full poem here: https://avoision.com/2005/06/17/the_death_of_the_hat.php

#poetrymatters #hat

#LilithJuly Day 9: Fats‘ review: “The Death of #TheHat features 50 poems selected by Paul B. Janeczko accompanied by the beautiful paintings of Chris Raschka. The book explores the nature, form, and subjects of poetry in a span of thousands of years that dates back during the early Middle Ages. It‘s a fun and witty poetry collection for readers of all ages.” Full post with poem excerpts here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-dqU