Resources
Teacher Resources
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, Julia Markus, and William S. Peterson. Sonnets from the Portuguese: illuminated by the Brownings' love letters. Hopewell, N.J.: Ecco Press ;, 1998.
This book includes the beloved poem, "How do I love thee, let me count the ways…" and letters written between Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning.
DeLoache, Judy S., Sophia L. Pierroutsakos, and David H. Uttal. "The Origins Of Pictorial Competence." Current Directions in Psychological Science 12, no. 4 (2003):114-118 http://www.jstor.org/stable/20182855 (accessed July 13, 2014).
This article describes how we perceive images focusing on how children interact with pictures.
"Figurative Language." Song with Free Worksheets and Activities. http://www.educationalrap.com/song/figurative-language/ (accessed August 4, 2014).
Education Rap publishes rap and hip hop songs to teach many different content areas. In this song, elements of figurative language are defined in a very accessible method even elementary students can learn.
Glazer, Joan I., and Linda Leonard Lamme. "Poem picture books and their uses in the classroom." The Reading Teacher 44, no. 2 (1990): 102-109. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20200563 (accessed July 13, 2014).
In this article, the author discusses the importance of poem picture books to stimulate children's interest in learning and deepen their understanding of the world around them.
Hollander, John. Rhyme's reason: a guide to English verse. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1981.
This book is excellent for explaining the basic conventions of poetry forms.
Klonsky, Milton. Speaking pictures: a gallery of pictorial poetry from the sixteenth century to the present. New York: Harmony Books, 1975.
This book is a collection of poems where pictures play a role in supporting the words.
Lear, Edward, and Constance Braham Strachey Strachie. The complete nonsense book. Tenth Edition ed. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1912.
This book is Lear's collection of limericks with illustrations, fictional botany and other poems and drawings.
Lear, Edward, and Peter Swaab. Over the land and over the sea: selected nonsense and travel writings. Manchester: Carcanet, 2005.
This book contains Lear's nonsense poetry and writings from his travels. The introduction provides more biographical information through letters and accounts by those who knew him.
Moore, Dorothy K.. "Getting Personal with Poetry." Teaching Pre K-8 33, no. 7 (2003): 50.
This article describes a teacher's narrative of the failures and successes of teaching poetry and strategies to help engage students.
Mostow, Joshua S.. "Painted Poems, Forgotten Words. Poem-Pictures and Classical Japanese Literature." Monumenta Nipponica 47, no. 3 (1992): 323-346. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2385102 (accessed July 13, 2014).
This article presents research on the history of the beginning of the use of pictures with poems in Japanese literature.
Nathan, Jesse. "Origin of the Species." Poetry Foundation. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/artcle/181785 (accessed July 11, 2014).
This article briefly chronicles Shel Silverstein's works for adults and children.
Nel, Philip. Dr. Seuss: American icon. New York: Continuum, 2004.
This book is a biography of Theodor Seuss Geisel, also known as Dr. Seuss.
Pinsky, Robert. The sounds of poetry: a brief guide. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998.
This book describes the ways we hear poetry though the works by well-known poets.
Plotz, Helen. Imagination's other place: poems of science and mathematics. New York: Crowell, 1955.
This book is a collection of poetry about science and math from a variety of poets.
Rogak, Lisa. A boy named Shel: the life & times of Shel Silverstein. New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2007.
A comprehensive biography written mostly through interviews with his friends and acquaintances. The book chronologically presents Silverstein's works and how and why he created them.
"Welcome to Shel Silverstein | Shel Silverstein." Welcome to Shel Silverstein | Shel Silverstein. http://www.shelsilverstein.com/ (accessed July 11, 2014).
This website provides teacher resources and worksheets. The most recent additions connect to the Common Core State Standards.
Wood, Karen D., Katie Stover, and Brian Kissel. "Using digital voice threads to promote 21st century learning." Middle School Journal 44, no. 4 (2013): 58-64.
This article discusses how using a software application, VoiceThread, is used in enhancing student learning and describes a lesson integrating poetry.
Zabel, Morton Dauwen. "Poems and Pictures." Poetry 34, no. 4 (1929): 217-222. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20577131 (accessed July 13, 2014).
This article explains the (then) current relationship of images with art.
Student Resources
In addition to the cited works, you might find interesting to read the poems by the following authors to expand your classroom library and to engage your students further in poetry and illustration: Jack Prelutsky, Bob Raczka, Douglas Florian, Eric Carle, Leo Lionni, Richard Scarry, John Hollander, Bruce Lansky, May Swenson, Ezra Jack Keats, Robert McCloskely, Lewis Carroll, Robert Lewis Stevenson.
Silverstein, Shel. Lafcadio: the lion who shot back. United States: Harper Collins, 1963.
This book is Silverstein's first children novel, written in first person. The story tells a tale of a lion who becomes rich and famous then returns to the wild and is faced with the dilemma of being a part of two worlds.
Silverstein, Shel. The giving tree. New York: Harper & Row, 1964.
This is a must read for teachers and students, touching story of the relationship between humans and the environment.
Silverstein, Shel. Where the sidewalk ends: the poems & drawings of Shel Silverstein.. New York: Harper and Row, 1974.
The first of three collections of poems and drawings intended for a young audience.
Silverstein, Shel. A light in the attic. New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, 1981.
The second of three collections of poems and drawings intended for a young audience. I cited from many of these poems in this unit.
Silverstein, Shel. Falling up: poems and drawings. New York, N.Y.: HarperCollins, 1996.
The third collection of poems and drawings intended for a young audience. The solar system related poems I cited are in this book.
Silverstein, Shel. Runny Babbit: a billy sook. New York: HarperCollins, 2005.
Silverstein's story based full of spoonerisms.
Seuss, Dr.. Marvin K. Mooney, will you please go now!. New York: Random House, 1972.
This book uses figurative language and rhyme to tell the story of an unwelcome character.
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