Robert Pottle

I vey much enjoyed this poetry book. The poems are hilarious as well as the pictures that go along with the poems. I could definitely see young children enjoying this book because they may be able to relate to the silliness of the poems and the everyday things that happen at school. For example, kids will find it funny that students are playing on the playground and one of the boys ripped his pants on the playground. In another poem a girl brings her grandmothers teeth to school, which is unusual and silly for students to hear. The rhyming in the book flows nicely when reading out loud and I found that I enjoyed hearing someone reading out loud rather than reading quietly to myself. The pictures describe the different poems and the characters all show appropriate expression on their faces. For example, when the little boy rips his pants he has a shocked and embarrassed look on his face.… (altro)