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Face Bug (2013)

by J. Patrick Lewis(Favorite Author)

3.24 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1590789253 (ISBN13: 9781590789254)

languge

English

genre

Poetry

publisher

WordSong

review 1: Lewis, J., P., (2013). Face bug. Honesdale, PA: WordSong.National Council of Teachers of English- 2013Poetry It's the long awaited opening night of The Face Bug Museum and every type of creepy, crawly critter will be sure to attend. J. Patrick Lewis beautifully blended photography, animated drawings, and rhyme to his popular poetry book featuring 14 different types of bugs. This humorous collection of poems featuring the antics of Pearl Crescent Butterfly, Nursery Web Spider, and many other insect friends is great to use for grades K-3. I would even use this book to review rhyme scheme, compare and contrast free verse and rhyming words, and discuss characteristics of a poem with my 4th and 5th graders. This book can also be used to categorize the different insects in s... morecience class. The information in the poems and details in the colored photographs can be used to group insects by body characteristics, what they eat, habitat, if they go through metamorphosis, etc. I really like how the animated drawings were not used just to take up space, but to accentuate the information in the verse and add some humor to the book. The book is an interesting read for girls and especially boys who don't necessary like to read or understand poetry.
review 2: I found both the photos and poems confusing at times. I'm still trying to figure out on the Horse Fly poems "She polishes her spear to poke you with it kid: your horsefly souvenir becomes a pyramid." I'm guessing it refers to a bite swelling. If that is correct, it's quite a stretch, and wasn't led up to in the poem. The extreme close ups also left me putting forth more effort than I cared to in order to understand them. Having the full body shots at the end was helpful. I did like the illustrations by Kelly Murphy, too bad they were dragged down by the rest of the set. less

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