BlessedMom Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 appropriate for a first grader? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyWImom Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 I just found a bunch of poetry books that my 6yr dd & 4 yr ds LOVE! Her favorite is called "Home" it's a journey through America. There are multiple author's of the poems, which are great, but the best part is that the books are by Thomas Locker. He's a fantastic illustrator, and the pictures really help the kids "get" the poems. He has quite a few. We also really like the one called "Walking With Henry" based on the life and works of Henry David Thoreau. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomOfOneFunOne Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott is a truly wonderful collection of fairy stories but it is definately a rea aloud. The only warning I would give is in one of the stories, the mean fairy kills Rose's child. That was hard but the story of forgiveness is so beautiful and worth that and more! I cannot recommend this book enough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlessedMom Posted June 9, 2008 Author Share Posted June 9, 2008 Ladies, thank you very much for your recommendations. I am excited to check into them. Read aloud are great, MomOfOneFunOne, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aletheia Academy Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 by Robert Louis Stevenson. Just wonderful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 The Usbourne Book of Children's Poetry and A Family of Poems by Caroline Kennedy. My boys would vote for any of Shel Silverstein's Poetry books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M in Canada Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Edward's Lear's nonsense verse with good pictures. A.A. Milne's poem's Now we are six etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CactusPair Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Both my dc love The Rooster Crows, a book of early American poems. Sing a Song of Popcorn and The Random House Book of Children's Poetry are nice, too. Both dc also love the Sonlight pre-k recommendation The Lion Storyteller Bedtime Book. My ds is almost 9 and he never tires of hearing these short little tales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlessedMom Posted June 10, 2008 Author Share Posted June 10, 2008 Thank you for all the great recommendation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritaserum Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 I remember enjoying Shel Silverstein when I was a kid, but as a mom I perused a copy and was, well, a little put off. :tongue_smilie: We did Eric Carle's Animals Animals which has lovely pictures and poems from a wide variety of poets (Emily Dickinson, Carl Sandburg, Robert Louis Stevenson, etc.). We'll be doing nursery rhymes this year and A. A. Milne's And Now We Are Six. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melora in NC Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 If you want one that your first grader can read (with help!), you might like You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Fairy Tales to Read Together and You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Stories to Read Together. They are both written in rhyme, and my kids love them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragons in the flower bed Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 appropriate for a first grader? All of Barefoot Books anthologies! The Barefoot Book of Pirate Stories, The Barefoot Book of Animal Tales, Barefoot Book of Fairies, and so on. These are delightfully illustrated and scary endings are often altered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melopher Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 This is my first time posting on this board, but I thought I'd jump in and say that we love Jack Prelutsky's books of poems here. The New Kid on the Block and A Pizza the Size of the Sun are a couple of the ones we enjoy. His poems are usually short and funny, kind of like Shel Silverstein. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BizyPenguin Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Tanglewood Education. Give it a look! (Click on the "Literature" link to find the poetry and fairytale recommendations) HTH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 My favourite read aloud fairy tale book (not folktales, fairy tales) is At the Stroke of Midnight by Helen Cresswell. It's unfortunately out-of-print, but is worth the $15 or so to pick it up used. Cresswell, one of our favourite contemporary children's authors, wrote this in response to her frustration in trying to find good read aloud fairy tales for her child(ren). This book is a good stepping stone to Lang and Grimm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I would suggest going to your local library and checking out the 398.2 and 398.208 sections of the juvenile non-fiction stacks. You may find some real gems. In general, my kids have liked all the Usborne anthologies. The also LOVE Around the World in 80 Tales by Saviour Pirotta. Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIch elle Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Poetry Every Child Should Know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlessedMom Posted June 11, 2008 Author Share Posted June 11, 2008 Thank you all for the wonderful poetry & fairytale book suggestions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 I concur, A Child's Garden of Verses is an excellent book. I also like Poems to Read for the Very Young, Emily Dickinson's poems and for fairy tales, A Children's Treasury of Fairy Tales (in my siggy for K, but of course would also be appropriate for first grade). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malenki Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 We've loved a number of poetry books mentioned... Animals, Animals - Carle A Child's Garden of Verses - illustrated by Diane Goode Dirt on My Shirt - Foxworthy (a huge favorite) anything by Jack Prelutsky For fairy tales, we've liked books illustrated by K.C. Craft (also under Kinuko Craft at my library) such as Sleeping Beauty, Tom Thumb, Cinderella. Beautiful illustrations. Sleeping Bunny - Keller Bunny and the Beast - Keller (both so well done) Cinderella - McClintock (light hearted) There are so many versions it's hard to pick sometimes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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