Poetry
Bean Soup- A cooking poem
I read Bean Soup, a cooking poem by Jorge Argueta and illustrated by Rafael Yockteng. I own Guacamole by Jorge Argueta and it's one of my favorite poetry picturebooks so I decided I wanted to read another one of his books. One of my favorite things about these books is that they are bilingual, Spanish at the top of the page and English on the bottom of the page.
Bean Soup is a simply written poem about a boy helping his mom prepare a soup the whole family will enjoy using ingredients from Mother Earth. The boy begins to list all of the ingredients he will need and then goes on to the steps for making the soup like cutting up the onion and garlic. The boy picks up the pebbles from the beans, the onion peel and the garlic skins and takes them to the garden to bury them. He then heats up the tortillas, sets out the bowls and spoons and calls his family to the table.
One of the things I love about these books is all of the imagery the author uses. It's great for teaching similes and metaphors. I came across Guacamole at Barnes & Noble while I was teaching Spanish 4th grade reading and I needed poetry books in Spanish. I am so glad I found it. Jorge Argueta uses different illustrators for his books and the illustrations in Bean Soup are very different from the ones in Guacamole. In Bean Soup, Rafael Yockteng uses darker colors for his illustrations but like in Guacamole the poem is on one side of the page and the illustrations take up all of the page next to it. I notice the common format Jorge uses in his books when it comes to the print and illustrations.
I read Bean Soup, a cooking poem by Jorge Argueta and illustrated by Rafael Yockteng. I own Guacamole by Jorge Argueta and it's one of my favorite poetry picturebooks so I decided I wanted to read another one of his books. One of my favorite things about these books is that they are bilingual, Spanish at the top of the page and English on the bottom of the page.
Bean Soup is a simply written poem about a boy helping his mom prepare a soup the whole family will enjoy using ingredients from Mother Earth. The boy begins to list all of the ingredients he will need and then goes on to the steps for making the soup like cutting up the onion and garlic. The boy picks up the pebbles from the beans, the onion peel and the garlic skins and takes them to the garden to bury them. He then heats up the tortillas, sets out the bowls and spoons and calls his family to the table.
One of the things I love about these books is all of the imagery the author uses. It's great for teaching similes and metaphors. I came across Guacamole at Barnes & Noble while I was teaching Spanish 4th grade reading and I needed poetry books in Spanish. I am so glad I found it. Jorge Argueta uses different illustrators for his books and the illustrations in Bean Soup are very different from the ones in Guacamole. In Bean Soup, Rafael Yockteng uses darker colors for his illustrations but like in Guacamole the poem is on one side of the page and the illustrations take up all of the page next to it. I notice the common format Jorge uses in his books when it comes to the print and illustrations.
¡ Muu, Moo! Animal Nursery Rhymes
For the poetry anthology I read ¡ Muu, Moo! Animal Nursery Rhymes by Alma Flor Ada & F. Isabel Campoy. Illustrations are by Vivi Escriva. This too is a bilingual book and the theme is animals. This book includes both traditional Spanish folklore rhymes and new verses written by the authors. This book includes sixteen rhymes which includes titles like Little Brown Duck, My Dear Little Rabbit, Spring, Ramon and His Dog and more.
My personal favorite was one called My Donkey. Each stanza would start with "My donkey told me today" and then it'd say what was wrong with the donkey that day. For example, one day his head hurt or his throat hurt and the doctor would tell him what to do, which would be a series of things like putting on a black tie, a hat or giving him lemon syrup. I just found it to be a cute poem. I think it's a great book to read during a poetry unit for children in Pre-k through 1st grade.
Vivi Escriva is a illustrator from Spain whose work is also popular in the U.S. and Europe. Her illustrations are colorful throughout the book and I notice a variation between pencils, colored pencils, paint and watercolor. The illustrations for each poem takes up most of the pages, leaving a small white space for the words. Aside from the fun rhymes, the vibrant illustrations make this book that much more enjoyable.
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