Days are Where We Live, and Other Poems

by Jill Bennett

A collection of brief poems about shoes, fences, eggs, whistling, baths, books, and other childhood delights. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590759310
• ISBN13: 9780590759311
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Scholastic Book Service
• Length: 44 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Days Are Where We Live and Other Poems

Days Are Where We Live: and other poems is a wonderful collection of cheerful and uplifting poems for children. The poems in this anthology deal with everyday things that children do and see such as whistling and bathing. This anthology of poems is set at the level of younger children. The authors use simple words and also a lot of alliteration and repetition to help young readers to learn these poems. The poems also appeal to the reader's emotions. The main emotion of focus in these particular poems is humor. The authors took everyday things that children do and turned them into a very fun and joyous experience. The poem After A Bath by Aileen Fisher is an example of this. She makes the chore of taking a bath a little less painful by comparing how the child dries off with that of his dog. The rhythm of the poems throughout this book is very smooth. The book begins with the child waking up for the long day ahead of them. It then takes them through the experiences that they may encounter throughout any particular day. The book then ends with poems about bedtime stories and getting tucked into bed. The illustrations for the poems also make the book flow rather well. Every poem has an illustration about what is going on in that particular poem. The illustrations are very suitable for the younger age levels because they are very simple and do not clutter up the pages. The illustrations also help portray the humor in the poems as well. Children of the younger age levels will find reading this book to be a very good experience. This anthology will help introduce poetry to children in a fun and exciting way.