Andrea PerryRecensioni

Primary; Intermediate; Poetry; This book is full of poems about uninvited inventions that are the solutions to everyday problems. The humorous inventions will interest and fascinate kids who will wish they existed. Great for transition read aloud times or for a classroom library. This book could inspire projects based on inventions and problem solving as well.

Age: primary / intermediate
Genre: poetry

This book was super funny with funny illustrations to go with the poems. There were poems about a bunch of random things and they were all written by the same author so they are written in the same still of poetry. This would be fun to read one or two poems a day to the class during a week to get them interested in poetry.

Summary: This book is about the imaginary new technologies for everyday problems and their uses. The book tells about a shoe-finding machine, a vegie repellant spray, a forklift for tooth-fairies, a spider spotter, an extremely effective umbrella, and more--all in rhyming verse!

This book gave silly solutions and how to problem solve when dealing with real life situations.

This book is a collection of poems about inventions for silly problems people could have. This is a good example of poetry because it's written in verse and has a rhythm to each poem.

This is a collection of poems about very silly inventions for various problems such as flossing toes, and finding shoes. GENRE: poetry. USES: creativity, rhyming, inventions. MEDIA: ink and watercolor. CRITIQUE: This book does a great job of sparking creativity. It is hilarious and full of great rhymes, and illustrations.

"Here's What You Do When You Can't Tie Your Shoe" by Andrea Perry is a book of poems about different inventions people can use to make their lives easier. The list includes a shoe finder, a lever for tooth fairies to lift a child's head off of their pillow, and a Veggie Be Gone spray to prevent any vegetables from going in your grocery cart. These poems will work well in a classroom because they are funny, engaging, and address issues that children have in their lives, even though they are minor. Kids will be able to laugh at and relate to the poems included in the book, making these poems perfect for a classroom. The media used for the illustrations is pen and ink.

This book is a good example of fantasy because of the outrageous and funny events which happen, that couldn't be solved they way they are, in real life. I like this book because of the hilarious pictures in it.

This book is a guide to solving all children's problems. There is an invention for everything with this book that is unrealistic but very quirky and a great answer to any childs problems of loosing absolutely anything.

This is an adorable book of what you do when you can't find your shoes. This book walks you through a child's thought process on what you do when you can't find your shoes. An adorable book that makes light of being messy!
Genre: Fantasy

Hynes Library:
Silly lyrics and illustrations that support the flow of the poem. Great book for older elementary.

This is a great book of poems that, for the most part, explain all of the things in life that annoy or frustrate you. For example, The Scary-Hair Fairy explains why you always have bad hair on school picture day. The Puzzle-Piece Eater explains why there is always one piece, usually the last piece, of the puzzle missing. The Snack Smasher explains why the chips or pretzels at the bottom the the bag are always smashed to crumbs. This is a fabulous book!½

Media: Pen and Ink
Genre: Realistic Fiction (w/ information flair)
Age Appropriateness: primary, secondary, and intermediate

Poems that deal with made-up characters that cause messes and have bad intentions. A silly, clever and funny collection that are very entertaining for one and all. I have always wondered who is to blame for my missing puzzle pieces..it is nice to finally know!

This was a great book. It explained all the reasons for messyness is due to these different monsters.

Genre: poetry/informational
Media: ink
Age Appropriateness: primary
Review: This book uses simply rhymes to advertise crazy inventions. It is a good example of funny poetry and provides needed information about the inventions.

With a name like that, how could you not want to pick this up and browse through it. The kids picked this out based on the title alone, so I was surprised when we cracked it open and found it was poems. Luckily that was a delightful surprise! In The Snack Smasher and Other Reasons Why it's Not My Fault the author reveals the why to question that plague almost all children...why is my hair a disaster on picture day, why is there inevitably one puzzle missing from the box, and why the pretzels at the bottom are always crushed to pieces. This is a fun read and great for kids to practice reading out loud...these would make fun oral presentations for kids working on memorizing because of the way the poems are divided, it's a good way to challenge kids to figure out how it's meant to be read aloud. Readers here won't just be delighted with the poems, the illustrations are quite interesting too, really helping to bring to life the villains and mischievous creatures that lurk within these pages! The Snack Smasher would made an ideal read aloud, or as stated before...a fine project for memorization and oral presentation. I give this 5 stars for being plain old fun with great illustrations and a even a chance to expand young readers vocabulary!

Wonderfully silly poetry, at an advertising level