SONG OF THE WATER BOATMAN
& Other Pound Poems
Summary: This book is an exciting book that offers eleven poems for children. The author of this book Joyce Sidman has created a marvelous collection of poetry pertaining to springtime that primarily focuses on inhabitants around a pond.
Summary of Professional Review: According to Horn Book Reviews, Song of the Water Boatman received a rating of a 2. has a high rating of a solid 2. The author has indeed done a great job at including sidebars that add intriguing facts about each poem states Horn Book. The review gives a brief sentence summary of the book then it emphasizes on the watercolor that evokes the pond species. It also states how the illustrations bring out the black energetic woodcut lines bathed in the watercolor. |
Author: Joyce Sidman
Illustrator: Beckie Prance Publisher: Houghton Miifflin Company Year of Publication: 2005 Genre: Poetry Hornbook or Kirkus Review rating: Hornbook review of 2. Review by Sasha Ishak: Song of the Water Boatman is a fun and exciting book for young children. This books vocabulary and language is difficult for young children in grades younger than third grade. The words are complex and the sentences are not so simple. All types of emotions are present in this poetry book. Each poem involves some type of emotion, some of love, kindness, friendship, and even humorous.There are eleven poems that focus primarily on a simple yet beautiful pong. These poems go along fabulously with strikingly vivd illustrations that are yet so soft and so quite. Every stroke is easily drawn to make the pictures appear three dimensional. Aside of each poem there is also notes on the side of the page for parents and teachers to enjoy. Joyce Sidman’s strongest element of in Song of the Water Boatman is certainly the kin observations that Joyce has made on one simple pond. Nature is truly deeply expressed through Joyce’s kin observations and marvelous illustrations. In the text the author has many great poems that offer ample amounts of information to the reader. In the beginning of the book Joyce has included a table of contents that have each animal from the pond that is throughly mapped out in their own unique section. A glossary is also present in the back of the book that briefly summarizes the information from the pages. This book would be useful when teaching... Song of the Water Boatman is a great resource in a elementary school setting. A teacher can create striking lessons concerning fresh water habitats since the poetry in the book focuses primarily on a pond. The teacher can first use the book as a read aloud then discuss the book with the students and address any questions or concerns. After this the teacher can have the students pick one animal from the book and make a poster on it. The students can use the book if needed and they can use other classroom resources to create their animal. The student will also create a short detailed paragraph describing their animal. Students can go to the teacher for help as he/she walks around the class observing and assisting students. |