An incredibly witty book, with poems about almost every silly job that you can (or can’t!) think of. It definitely is for the older crowd, some of the poems require more deeper interpretation skills than the average 6 year old has even, but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t attack this book with vigor anyways. My 5 year old enjoyed reading most of the poems on his own, but some of them required my reading to help him understand and set the beat, and talk to him afterwards about how we read certain types of poems and what their purpose is.
Reading level: ages 6 and up
Page Count: 64 pages
Publisher:Ginee Seo Books
What to expect: silly poems about different jobs that people do, and not the usual staid ones! From a belly dancer to a dictionary maker, the odd jobs are captured in snippets in poetry!
Publisher’s synopsis:
Have you ever talked at length with an exterminator?
Or had a heart-to-heart with an ice sculptor?
Or waxed philosophical with an acrobat?
No?
Well, look inside.
About the Author: J.Patrick Lewis has written many books, including The World’s Greatest: Poems, and Big is Big : A book of Contrasts. You can visit his website at http://www.jpatricklewis.com/
Our Rating:4 out of 5