Title: Tour America: A Journey Through Poems and ArtAuthor: Diance Siebert
Illustrator: Stephen T. Johnson
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Publication Date: 2006
Genre: Poetry
Audience: Gr. 3-5
Overview: This work starts off with the author telling readers that she sold everything she owned and decided to tour the country with her husband via motorcycle. It is a pretty interesting and scary concept to most, but throughout we see how she used the different places she saw to inspire poems describing famous places across the country.
Activity: Because this work includes quite a bit of variety of poems, it might be a nice activity to have students write their own poem about a place they live or a place they have visited before. They could use a wide variety of expression and draw/color/paint a picture to match their drawing. By having the children share as a group, they could learn about a variety of different places.
Reviewer's Name: Meghan O'Leary
Genre: Poetry
Audience: Gr. 3-5
Overview: This work starts off with the author telling readers that she sold everything she owned and decided to tour the country with her husband via motorcycle. It is a pretty interesting and scary concept to most, but throughout we see how she used the different places she saw to inspire poems describing famous places across the country.
Activity: Because this work includes quite a bit of variety of poems, it might be a nice activity to have students write their own poem about a place they live or a place they have visited before. They could use a wide variety of expression and draw/color/paint a picture to match their drawing. By having the children share as a group, they could learn about a variety of different places.
Reviewer's Name: Meghan O'Leary
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