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Children's Literature Page1. Hoberman, M.A. (1998). Miss Mary Mack. New York: Scholastic. This popular children's rhyme is set to pictures in this children's book. This book also uses rhyme and repetition to tell a story. It can be used in the classroom to teach rhyme, reading, and different literary techniques such as patterns. This book is also a great picture book for children.
Poetry
2.
Silverstein, S. (1996). Falling up. New York:
Harper Collins. This book of poems, written and
illustrated
by Shel Silverstein, takes familiar words and turns them into a poetry
that can usually be related to by the reader. In the classroom, children
can listen to the poetry and notice different patterns of repetition, rhyme,
alliteration, and other literary symbols.
3.
Wright, B.F. (1944). The real mother goose. New
York: Checkerboard Press. This classic book
takes
a child through nursery rhymes that have been told for years and years.
Some popular nursery rhymes of little boys and candlesticks, to nursery
rhymes that teach lessons of counting, such as "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe."
In the classroom, these nursery rhymes can be turned into song during circle
time. They can also help younger children learn to read because of their
familiarity and patterns of rhyme.