Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Day 36: Guyku: A Year of Haiku for Boys by Bob Raczka and illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds

This is a fun, creative poetry book. Divided by seasons, Raczka provides boy themed haiku for each time of the year. Poetry can be a tough sell for boys but for some reason haiku is something a lot of boys get excited about writing. This book offers them haiku that they can relate too. Guyku would be great to use in poetry lessons for second graders through fifth graders. Here is a sample of a haiku from Guyku that seems fitting as the summer nears the end.
                                          Hey, who turned off all
                                                                            the crickets? I'm not ready
                                                                                  for summer to end.

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