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Insectlopedia
The windows are open and bugs are everywhere! Children will delight in this collection of twenty-one buggy poems - just don't forget the calamine lotion.
Paperback, 48 pages
Published
April 1st 2002
by Sandpiper
(first published 1998)
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Student Name: Chris Maynard
Purpose: Poetry/Anthology (Wide Reading Project)
Genre: Poetry
Format: Picture Book
Grades: Pre-K to Primary
Subjects/Themes: See the bookshelves above.
School Use: Wow! Douglas Florian's 21 poems on insects would be perfect in the primary grades, especially in a science classroom studying insects. The poems are humorous (though some humor may be lost on children) and the paintings are eye-catching. I believe that young children would really enjoy the poems and learn a lot...more
Purpose: Poetry/Anthology (Wide Reading Project)
Genre: Poetry
Format: Picture Book
Grades: Pre-K to Primary
Subjects/Themes: See the bookshelves above.
School Use: Wow! Douglas Florian's 21 poems on insects would be perfect in the primary grades, especially in a science classroom studying insects. The poems are humorous (though some humor may be lost on children) and the paintings are eye-catching. I believe that young children would really enjoy the poems and learn a lot...more
Insectlopedia is about all different tyoes of insects and the types of things that they do. One poem is about an army of ants and how they roam around in a swarm. Another poem is about mosquitoes how what they look like and how they act. There is no real plot to the story, there are individual poems that have their own story.
The book has some poems that have rhyme and some that don't. For example, on poem says, "Upon a twig, I sit and pray, For something big, To wend my way." This is an example...more
The book has some poems that have rhyme and some that don't. For example, on poem says, "Upon a twig, I sit and pray, For something big, To wend my way." This is an example...more
Grade Level: Kindergarten - 2nd
What a fun book! I really liked this book. The poems were fun, but actually taught you something about the insect. Some of his poems are even shaped like the insect he wrote about. What an ingenious way of teaching about insects through poetry.
I could see a teacher using this as a bridge between science and ELA. A lesson plan can be easily incorporated to allow students to learn about insects and then write a poem based on their research. Instead of writing a resea...more
What a fun book! I really liked this book. The poems were fun, but actually taught you something about the insect. Some of his poems are even shaped like the insect he wrote about. What an ingenious way of teaching about insects through poetry.
I could see a teacher using this as a bridge between science and ELA. A lesson plan can be easily incorporated to allow students to learn about insects and then write a poem based on their research. Instead of writing a resea...more
Sep 03, 2009
Bernadette
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5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
childrens-fiction
This collection of 21 poems all about insects covers hornets, mosquitoes, crickets, termites, and many more. There is a range of types or genres, and a unique painting accompanies each poem.
I like the paintings as much as I do the poems in this collection. I really like how each insect is given a personality, although it’s not so nice to call weevils evil! I enjoyed Florian’s invented words such as fatterpillar and spiderobic. The concrete, or shape, poems were some of my favorites. Actually,...more
I like the paintings as much as I do the poems in this collection. I really like how each insect is given a personality, although it’s not so nice to call weevils evil! I enjoyed Florian’s invented words such as fatterpillar and spiderobic. The concrete, or shape, poems were some of my favorites. Actually,...more
This book is a fun collection of poems about bugs. Each poem is short and sweet. I would use this book as practice for reading poetry out loud. Students can practice adding tone and timing to the poems to ceate the right mood. I would also use this book as a tool to show how to publish poetry. It shows how poets play with the layout of the text to add to the reading experience (The inchworm poem is one line that arcs across the paper like an inchworm.) This book also is also a fun way to learn a...more
These sly, humorous poems seem to seize upon certain characteristics of insects and playfully, rhythmically exaggerate them. The mostly watercolor illustrations are delicate and surreal. My three children, especially the two boys, really enjoyed reading these poems aloud, for example, "The Weevils": "We are weevils./We are evil./We've aggrieved/Since time primeval..."
This would be fun to read while studying insects; the students could then write their own poems about insects. They could also use...more
This would be fun to read while studying insects; the students could then write their own poems about insects. They could also use...more
Expressive poems about insects make up the content of Inseclopedia: Paintings and Poems by award-winning author Douglas Florian. Using a fun, narrative style, Florian presents life from an insect’s point of view in the 21 poems of this compilation.
The subject and writing style of Insectlopedia makes it attractive to readers in the middle elementary grades. A table of contents begins the book by listing its works; all titled by the word ‘The’ then the name of the insect. Insects included in the b...more
The subject and writing style of Insectlopedia makes it attractive to readers in the middle elementary grades. A table of contents begins the book by listing its works; all titled by the word ‘The’ then the name of the insect. Insects included in the b...more
This is one of my all time favorite books of poetry by Douglas Florian. Each of the 21 poems is about a different type of insect, including weevils, mosquitoes, crickets, termites, and more. The poems have different rhythms, patterns, and shapes, and each suits the insect it is describing. The fabulous illustrations enhance the poems. The poems beg to be read aloud, but they can also be enjoyed individually.
Insects take center stage in this 1998 collection of poems and paintings by Douglas Florian. Mix this one up with poetry collections about bugs and insects by Jane Yolen (BUG OFF: CREEPY, CRAWLY POEMS), Lee Bennett Hopkins (NASTY BUGS), and Helen Frost's STEP GENTLY OUT.
The Whirlygig Beetles poem would work nicely with JOYFUL NOISE and that wonderful poem for two voices about whirlygig beetles.
The Whirlygig Beetles poem would work nicely with JOYFUL NOISE and that wonderful poem for two voices about whirlygig beetles.
These inventive and playful poems describe different insects. In some instances, the style and shape of the poem matches the insect being described. Each poem is accompanied by a beautiful watercolor and collage illustration. Children will delight at how the illustrations illuminate points of the poems.
In large format images each full page illustration and related poem on the facing page challenge readers to explore, reread, and reconsider the insects that surround our lives. Excellent mentor text for a variety of poetry forms, figurative language, vocabulary, and symbolism.
We used this book while learning about insects at preschool. The kids loved the pictures, and especially enjoyed the poem "The Whirligig Beetles."
Interesting art with simple poems (often in an unusual type pattern) about bugs. This could be good for kids at almost any age.
Completely awesome insect poetry! Very amusing for adults and children, great teaching tool for a variety of purposes.
This was a big favorite in our home. My favorite is the Daddy Longlegs poem: Daddy-o, Daddy-o... Love it. Very clever.
I loved reading this to my kids. The artwork is great and the poems are very clever.
There are 21 poems, three of which are shape poems. Be sure to read them aloud.
My students love Douglas Florian's poetry and illustrations.
Jul 22, 2012
Rainey
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
100-in-2012,
children-s
A great way to introduce children to bugs/science!
abso-freaking-lutely Wonderful!!!
Fabulous!
I read "The Caterpillar." I liked how there was a play on words. For example, "She eats eight leaves at least to fill her, which LEAVES her like a Fatterpillar." It's humorous as well and has fun painted illustrations. This specific poem is also good to learn about parts of the life cycle of a butterfly.
Love the variety of insects covered and the artwork. There's interesting word choice for students to notice, and good integration of science facts in the poems. Some of the rhymes seem forced to me, but overall I really like this book.
The windows are open and bugs are everywhere! Children will delight in this collection of twenty-one buggy poems - just don't forget the calamine lotion.
also mammaliabilia, in the swim and lizards frogs and polliwogs
Brilliant bug poetry and illustrations!
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