Hoberman, Mary Ann. You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Stories to Read Together. ill. Michael Emberley. Little Brown and Co., 2001.
A great way to share poetry as a pair of children, or as an adult and child, You Read to Me is a full of fun! Each person has a side to read and when the words are in the middle, you read them together. The overall mood in this book is fun and fanciful and cover topics that kids are familiar with like friends, family, animals, clothing, and more. The words are simple and colorful and the illustrations are acurate and portray children of all races and colors.
As a librarian, I would use this book to help English teachers teach rhyme, rythym, and repetition. It's a fun way to introduce these things to students without boring them with "adult" poetry. In addition to the more formal setting, I would like to use this book as a simple, fun, poetry break to have with students of all ages. This would be a great way to introduce the library at the beginning of the year. Use choral reading as a way to get kids excited about the library and reading to me, as I will read to them. My favorite poem is actually the last one in the book.
The End (the blue words are ones to be read together)
We're at the end
The very end
The very
Very
Very
End.
No more words
Or pictures. Look!
No more stories
In this book.
But there are other
Books to read.
Hundreds
Thousands
All we need.
Any time
In any weather
We can sit
Right down together.
In the shade
Or in the sun
Choose a book
That looks like fun.
One that's old
Or one that's new.
Make-believe
Or really true.
I'll read one line
I'll read two.
You'll read to me.
I'll read to you.
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