Kaylyn's children's Literature Collection

Poetry: Monster Soup and Other Spooky Poems Monster Soup and Other Spooky Poems is a children's poetry book compiled of poems from different authors. What they all have in common is they are all "spooky" poems, most being about monsters and dinosaurs. All the poems in the book use various poetic techniques such as alliteration and rhyme which makes them appealing to young readers, as well as the illustrations throughout the book. The author: Jacqueline Rogers makes each illustration relevant to each poem with her use of watercolors.   Motivational Activities: Have students pair up into partners and have them identify 3 different Poetic techniques in 2 different poems.  Have students write their own "spooky poem" using at least 3 different poetic techniques, and draw an illustration relating to their poem.  Reader Response Questions: What does the boy in the poem The Toaster  like to do with his fire breathing dragon friend? What do the p...

Multicultural Fiction: Amelia's Road Amelia's Road tells a story about a little girl named Amelia Luisa Martinez, she is the daughter of migrant workers. Amelia hates roads also known as Los caminos. She hates them because they take her family to where they pick fruits and vegetables all day, to schools where no one remembers her name because her family moves around to work so much, and also because Los caminos take her to cabins on the work sight that she cannot consider her home. Amelia eventually finds an accidental road and discovers an old tree, Amelia wanted to belong to this place so she made that spot special to her by burying a keep safe box so that way she could have somewhere to belong. The author uses this story to share how a child's experiences could be when their parents are migrant workers. The author shares with the reader struggles that a child can face when moving around from place to place as Amelia did.  The story provides a special view i...