P. J. Shaw

I thought this book was great! It was really engaging and introduces rhyming in a great way: "Rhymes are so fun to find! I know--let's find some rhymes together." This immediately has the reader searching for things that rhyme in the book, and opens the door to finding rhyming words in your own life. I know when I was a kid I loved coming up with my own rhymes and making up words to do so, so I would have just eaten this book up if it had had it. I like that it incorporates Spanish, as well, and shows some words that rhyme in Spanish, such as la repuesta, la cesta, and una siesta. I thought this was a great way to acknowledge the growing number of children who speak Spanish as a first language in this country. The big idea is essentially to teach children about rhyming and how easy it is to look for it in your life, which is displayed through Abby just walking around the town finding things that rhyme, and even inventing things that rhyme for her spells, since she is a fairy.… (mehr)