ILLUSTRATED BY MARCELLUS HALL
Hopkins, Lee Bennett. City I Love. Ill by Marcellus Hall. New York: Abrams for Young Readers in Association with the Field Museum, 2009. Print.
ISBN: 9780810983274
Summary:
City I Love takes the reader of poetry on an exciting journey through cities around the world. Even though not one city is mentioned by name you get an immediate sense that travel has been this author's companion. The landscapes or should I say sky-scape's give you an immediate feeling of city life in different parts of the world. The author of the poems uses his words to help you visualize the picture of the city whether in America or India just close your eyes and listen to the words you are reading. Lee Bennet Hopkins has written poems that take you on an adventure even if you are never able to visit these bustling cities.
Taxi
You stand
on a corner
yelling
"Taxi!"
"Taxi!"
knowing
deep
inside
taxi cabs
never
stop
on
rainy
days.
(what city could you picture?)
Poem Introduction
This poem will be a great way to show students they can visualize word meaning. That words are written often to depict scenery, emotion and sounds. Wonderful for 4th grade when exploring elaboration in writing, this book will really make students stop and think if they let the words lead.
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