Sidman has written wonderful poems accompanied by wonderful pictures. But to add more to this delightful Caldecott Honor book is that each poem is accompanied by a few paragraphs about the nocturnal creature highlighted by the poem and art on each page. I learned a lot reading the paragraphs and got a sense of each creature by ingesting each poem. Highly recommended since I don't usually enjoy poetry. And you know I thought it was something really special because I almost never write reviews unless I feel there is something that really needs to be said about the book. Sidman, Joyce. (2010) Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company2011 Newberry Honor BookPoetry BookThis book contains twelve poems that tell what woodland animals do when night time comes. Along with each poem there are facts about what happens at night or about the animals featured in the poem. This illustrations fit the poem and theme of the night time. In each picture it's almost as though you have to search for the animals in the night in each picture. This book could be used to teach students about poems, habitats, or different about different animals.
Just not a personal interest of mine at all- animal poetry.
—pje
This will make you and your students love poetry!!
—grimlin9
Awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
—henghayki
I like it
—cydian
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—brini
