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Loading... Beyond Old Macdonald: Funny Poems From Down On The Farmby Charles E. Hoce
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This is a very adorable collection of short poems about farm animals. The poems use idioms, puns, homophones, and personification throughout the poems. The poems rhyme and use humor to catch younger children’s attention by using poetry. I really enjoyed “Goose Down Pillow,” it is about a young girl that tries to sleep on a goose because she has always heard how comfortable a soft goose down pillow was. These poems are very funny and sweet collection that students are able to connect to. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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Old MacDonald had a farm, but what did that oink-oink pig and honk-honk goose really do? They had all sorts of escapades, as readers will discover in this collection of silly, rhyming poems about farm life. Charley Hoce taps his twenty-two years as a classroom teacher to write verse that is perfectly pitched to young children's (sometimes corny) sense of humor. And he's deliberately woven in language skills that young children need to practice. "Children love puns, homophones, idioms, and anything that turns convention upside down," says Charley. So a sheep goes on the lam, a cow wears a dress that makes her calves look small, a bull literally teeters in a china shop. Old MacDonald's farm has never been so much fun! No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)811.6Literature English (North America) American poetry 21st CenturyLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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