Author: Bob Raczka
Illustrator: Nancy Doniger
Genre: Poetry
Grade level: 3-6
Lemonade: and Other Poems Squeezed from a Single Word is a book that creates poems from single words. It takes word puzzles and turns it into poetry. It contains a few rebus poems using symbols in place of words. These poems are funny and clever, and children enjoy the challenge of trying to solve their riddles.
Nancy Doniger does an amazing job at creating funny and quirky images throughout the book. Her illustrations do not take away at all from the art of the words themselves, but in fact add to their meaning. Most poetry books do not have much illustration, but this one has just enough to compliment the poetry. This book also displays concrete poetry which causes the text to form in the shape of the object of the poem.
I would suggest this book for grades third through sixth because the texts are tricky to decode. This is a great book to introduce students to poetry because the would be interested in figuring out the pattern of the poem. It also is a great example of concrete and rebus poems.
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