Poems in the Attic
Author: Nikki Grimes
Illustrator: Elizabeth Zunon
Genre: Poetry
Awards: Texas Bluebonnet Award
Grade Level: 2nd-4th
While she is visiting her Grandma's house, a young girl find a box of poems that her mother wrote as a child. When her mother was a young girl, she was an air force brat resulting in many moves. Whenever her family got to a new place, she would write a poem. On each page of this book their is a poem written by the mother and a poem written by the daughter. Having the two poems side by side on each page allows the reader to see the differences in the two childhoods.
I would use this book in my classroom to teach about poetry. There are different types of poems included in the book. This book could also be used as a read aloud.
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