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Gone Camping A Novel in Verse
Gone Camping A Novel in Verse
Reviewed by: Jeri Fitzpatrick - GNGMS, Gray, Southern Maine Library District
Review Date: November 6, 2017
Review
Great book for teaching poetry to kids. The book is made up of many different types of poetry. It's about a family who goes camping and it includes all their adventures. At the end of the book is a Provisioning for poetry which includes definitions figurative language: rhyme, rhythm, alliteration, anaphora (poets starts several lines with the same word or phrase), apostrophe, assonance, hyperbole, imagery, interjection, etc. It also includes different types of poems (which are included in the book) alarm poem, aubade (sunrise poem), blank verse variation, blessing, chant, charm, cinquain, concrete, plus 34 other kinds of poems. The illustrations are pen ink and watercolor.The inside pages are without color.
Overall Book Score: very good
About the Book
Author:
Wissinger, Tamera Will
Illustrator: Cordell, Matthew
Illustration Quality: good
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin harcourt
Book Type: chapter book fiction
Genre: adventure,realistic fiction,fiction in verse / poetry
Audience: grades k-3,grades 4-6,grades 7-9,grades 10-12
Binding Type: trade edition
Binding Quality: good
ISBN: 9780544638730
Price: 15.99