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A Rumpus of Rhymes
Provides beginning readers with a collection of read-aloud poetry that celebrates a diverse array of boisterous sounds, including ocean waves and honking horns.
- GenresPoetry
32 pages, Hardcover
First published September 10, 2001
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About the author
Bobbi Katz
69 books4 followersA former editor at Random House, Katz has published many rhyming picture books for elementary school students.
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November 16, 2012
Lots of hits (and a couple misses) but overall a really fun collection of poems. Standouts are Summer Jazz, We're Crows, and Snow Scene.
October 4, 2022
This book was Definity a lot of fun! It has a lot of rhyming and onomatopoeias, which make the book very interesting and entertaining. The pages did get a little busy at times and too full though, with all the words and pictures. It was cool how for the onomatopoeias they changed the fonts for them to make them stand out.
June 4, 2018
Hay Fever Season and Spring conversations - Onomatopeia
April 15, 2019
This book does a great job at introducing students to the idea of poetry. In the book, all the stories talk about the noises that people experience and they do this by using interesting word choice.
Guided reading: N/A
DRA Level: N/A
Traits: sentence fluency, word choice
Guided reading: N/A
DRA Level: N/A
Traits: sentence fluency, word choice
February 27, 2015
Personal Reflection:
I thought this poetry books had a lot of good poems, but there were a few that I really did not like because of the lack of imagination. They all had rhyming schemes so the book was meant to be read out loud to an audience. I think children will really enjoy this poetry book because all of the poems in it are very relatable to children.
Purpose:
This would be a good read aloud book for a kindergarten through 3rd grade classroom. The purpose of presenting this book to a class could be a variety of reasons. The book contains tons and tons of onomatopoeias where there is at least one in every poem (Ex: Kerrrchoo, whisk, roar, etc.). There is also lots of repetition of the onomatopoeias throughout the book. Most of the rhymes are natural, but there are a lot of contrived ones as well that don't make a whole lot of sense. The poems in this book do create sensory images such as sight, feel, sound, and sight. One example is the "Hay Fever Season" poem which talks about allergies in spring by using onomonopoieas such as sna-sna-sna-sneezing. This helps the reader think back to a time when they had allergies last spring or another time. All of these images should delight children because they have humorous poems for both sexes, male and female. Overall, this is a great book for younger children that is sure to make them laugh and reminisce on times they have had that were similar.
I thought this poetry books had a lot of good poems, but there were a few that I really did not like because of the lack of imagination. They all had rhyming schemes so the book was meant to be read out loud to an audience. I think children will really enjoy this poetry book because all of the poems in it are very relatable to children.
Purpose:
This would be a good read aloud book for a kindergarten through 3rd grade classroom. The purpose of presenting this book to a class could be a variety of reasons. The book contains tons and tons of onomatopoeias where there is at least one in every poem (Ex: Kerrrchoo, whisk, roar, etc.). There is also lots of repetition of the onomatopoeias throughout the book. Most of the rhymes are natural, but there are a lot of contrived ones as well that don't make a whole lot of sense. The poems in this book do create sensory images such as sight, feel, sound, and sight. One example is the "Hay Fever Season" poem which talks about allergies in spring by using onomonopoieas such as sna-sna-sna-sneezing. This helps the reader think back to a time when they had allergies last spring or another time. All of these images should delight children because they have humorous poems for both sexes, male and female. Overall, this is a great book for younger children that is sure to make them laugh and reminisce on times they have had that were similar.
March 20, 2013
This is a poetry/picture book told from a multi-cultural perspective. The descriptive words used are meant to be read aloud. The poems are very descriptive.
I really liked how the poems told a story that follows the format of literature representing a diverse perspective. This means the literature allows children to reflect on what it means to live in a diverse world and how issues of diversity affect them. This is best exemplified in the poem 'We're Crows'.
'But do people try to lure us?
At the best,they just endure us
Foolish farmers cannot bear us, but their straw men do not scare us
We're not likely to be found on the Endangered Species List,
but if we were to disappear,we think we might be missed.'
'Tweet,Tweet,Chirp,Chirp, Trill-a-trill-a-trill'
'Birds that please have songs like these
Our call is raw and shrill
CAW,CAW,CAW !'
This poem shows how the crow feels in relation to other birds.
A good classroom collection for diversity would be to have the kids bring in different representations of culture celebrations of Christmas, in addition to their own. We will have a Christmas party with Kwanza,Hanukkah,and other cultures that have some representation different than the traditional Christian one.
The interest level is Kindergarten to Grade 3,and a grade equivalent of 4.5.
I really liked how the poems told a story that follows the format of literature representing a diverse perspective. This means the literature allows children to reflect on what it means to live in a diverse world and how issues of diversity affect them. This is best exemplified in the poem 'We're Crows'.
'But do people try to lure us?
At the best,they just endure us
Foolish farmers cannot bear us, but their straw men do not scare us
We're not likely to be found on the Endangered Species List,
but if we were to disappear,we think we might be missed.'
'Tweet,Tweet,Chirp,Chirp, Trill-a-trill-a-trill'
'Birds that please have songs like these
Our call is raw and shrill
CAW,CAW,CAW !'
This poem shows how the crow feels in relation to other birds.
A good classroom collection for diversity would be to have the kids bring in different representations of culture celebrations of Christmas, in addition to their own. We will have a Christmas party with Kwanza,Hanukkah,and other cultures that have some representation different than the traditional Christian one.
The interest level is Kindergarten to Grade 3,and a grade equivalent of 4.5.
March 25, 2010
Long if read all at once. I thought the noise words would be more enticing for my son, but he was a little fidgety because of the length.
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