I loved this book! I really enjoy reading poetry especially when it is funny and relatable. This book is perfect for grades kindergarden to third. It takes the everyday experiences in a school such as pictures day, recess, getting lost in the hall, and lunch time and relates it to a funny scenario when either the students or the teachers are acting like animals. It portrays the school as almost a wild zoo that a student needs to learn how to survive in. The pictures are so bright and colorful I More...

A children's poetry book
about an entire school year
From start to finish
the allegories quite dear

where else could you see
children all around
running and playing
situations abound?

From stampeding elephants
to swarming like bees
the kids swoop like sparrows
and swing like monkeys

A whirlwind of laughter
to hearts ever breaking
eighteen poems you'll remember
and keep your sides aching

Kids will see that
a More...

The poetry in this book is full of great simile and metaphor and there's a nice acrostic poem in the middle. The animal comparisons are great for kids. It's great for teaching the concepts to this audience and the book is a lot of fun just to read in general.

Laura Purdie-Salas's poems rollick across the pages, combining two of my favorite topics, school and animals, into a fun-filled, romp of poetry. Full of sensitive and lovely images and word-music to my ears. Bravo!

Although my friend Laura wrote this book, I think it is a great book that can be used in introducing kids to the fun of poetry. I can imagine reading it aloud to children would bring smiles and outright laughter!

School starts Tuesday, so I had to read this little collection of poems for kids about school. The poems are a nice combination of funny and poignant. As always, I'd like to see what kids think of them.

A fun collection of poems comparing school students to animals. While it is not my favorite book of poems, children will enjoy the fun, colorful illustrations and clever metaphors. Would be a great book to read with 2nd-4th graders and may be a good lead in to having them write poems about themselves or different aspects of school.

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The kids were animals.