You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You: Very Short Scary
Tales to Read Together
Written by Mary Ann Hoberman
Illustrated by Michael
Emberly
32 pages
Collection of Poetry
When I saw this poetry collection,
many ideas came to mind about how it could be used in the classroom. You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You: Very
Short Scary Stories to Read Together written by Mary Ann Hoberman is a
collection of cute and creepy poems about creatures such as a mummy, a dinosaur,
and a ghoul that can be read as a dialogue.
The text in these poems is coded in three different colors; the text for
the first reader to read is blue, the text for the second reader to read is
purple, and the text for the readers to read together is orange. This adds a little fun to the basic reading
of poetry by allowing readers to interact and read together. Read this collection of poems with a friend,
and you both will be laughing and covered in goosebumps!
Michael Emberly used pencil,
watercolor, and dry pastel on hot-press watercolor paper to draw his animated
illustrations for this poetry collection.
The illustrations are drawn throughout each poem, and they add a lot to
the poems by showing what is taking place.
The characters’ faces show their feelings and personality very well. Children would really enjoy looking at these
comical illustrations as they read each poem.
I know I did!
There are many ways this poetry
collection could be used in any classroom ranging from first through fifth
grade. Most of these poems have a
Halloween theme, so they could be used during a fun poetry lesson around
Halloween. Since these poems are written
as a dialogue, they could encourage reading by having students partner read or
by dividing a class into two groups and having them choral read their
respective parts. One of these poems, “The
Mummy”, could be used as a fun way to introduce a lesson about mummies and
ancient Egypt. Therefore, this poetry
collection would be very useful in any elementary classroom.
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