Charles Ghigna
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Total reviews: 3
Average rating: 3.5 of 5
The Bones of Poetry 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
Most boys don't like poetry unless it's Shel Silverstein or Jack Prelutsky so Ghighna has a tough task to get into the kid's backpacks, but this little book might just do the trick. Kids might also want to try their hand at writing their OWN poems based on the titles of these poems, as well as enjoying the poems themselves. For older boys, tougher boys, after this book is devoured, I'd also get them reading Jimmy Santiago Baca or Jason Yurcic's collections as a start on poetry-as-language-of-the-heart without the pink froth and lace.
Not worth purchasing 2 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
I purchased this book as a I began preparing a unit on poetry. I noticed that most of my books had very little that would interest any of my male students. The selections in this book are too cliche. It seems as though the author thought boys don't like poetry so lets compile a bunch of very short, simple poems that pertain to male topics like sports, little sisters, and not liking homework and then they'll read it. The poetry has little to no thought in it. At least they could be humourous, but they're not even that. I Never Said I Wasn't Difficult by Sara Holbrook or various other titles by Sara Holbrook would be much better choices.
*Mr. Charles Ghigna and the Random House Company have been very accomodating to me and I appreciate their excellent customer service. The very graciously returned the book.
