This was a fun book to read with me two year old. A poem about numbers 1-10 using animals. I thought it was interesting that the pictures were taken first and then the author wrote the poems. I like that each page also had words on it that are related to the number. Each page also has the roman numeral for the number. There is a lot you can do with this book in a classroom. ( )

This book is a good start for children to recognize poetry on their own. This entire book includes many different styles and forms of poetry that students can learn about. On top of this, it can also teach them about animals and insects.

This is a counting book that rhymes about different animals.
The 1st poem is about ONE lone Elk.
The 2nd poem is about TWO birds.
The 3rd poem is about THREE Mullets in the sea.

*Three Mullets Are We:
I believe this poem is written in a Ghazal (Poetry).
The Rhyme scheme is: A,A,B,A,C,A,D,A

*Four Slow Snails:
This poem is written in a quatrain and a quartet. The rhyme scheme is: A,B,C,B, D,E,F,E G,B,A,B

*Five Geese, Five:
This poem is written in a quintet and has a slant rhyme: "pond" & "gone"

*Nine Swallows:
This poem is written in a Haiku.
"Nine little swallows,
Like notes on a music staff,
Wait to sing their songs."

*Ten Little Crabs
This poem is written in an enclosed rhyme. This is when the first and fourth lines rhyme as well as the 2nd and 3rd lines. The rhyme scheme is: A,B,B,A C,D,D,C

Jane Yolen has a pattern within this entire book besides a rhyming, counting book. I can't believe I did not catch this until after reading it!
*Page 1. Poem 1. (has this also written on it "sole, first, solitaire, & Roman Numeral I )
*Page 1. Poem 2. Is written in a duet. (has the words "dual, duet, & Roman Numeral "II")
*page 3. Poem 3. (has the words trinity, third, and Roman Numeral "III")
*page 5. Poem 5. is written in a quintet. (has the words, fifth, and Roman Numeral "V")
*Page 6. Poem 6. (has the words hexagon, sixth, sextet, and Roman Numeral "VI"
..... and so on ( )

Count Me A Rhyme is a counting book involving animals written in poem form. There is 11 poems from one to ten and then a poem about countless. Each poem is written about an animal or insect. The illustrations are pictures taken by someone so it's very neat to see these pictures of snails, geese, turtles, crabs, elk, etc. Each poem is also describing the animal it's about. For example, the seven turtles poem has a picture of exactly seven turtles and the poem describes how turtles are awfully slow it's like watching grass grow. That's so clever of the author. These poems are very simple and would be a great starter book for kindergarten, 1st or 2nd grade. I think younger kids would enjoy this a lot more because it has some funny lines in the poems and it's simple for them. ( )

This book of poems incorporates different animals with counting. Every number has a different type of animal. The illustrations are photographs which show the number of animals that go along with the poems. I enjoyed reading the poems, but most of all I enjoyed how the pictures corresponded to the poems. This would be a great read aloud book for grades Pre-k through 3rd because it is interesting and funny. ( )

The concepts of counting and numbers are provided through animal poetry. Different rhyming schemes, stanza lengths, and poetry styles are utilized. The author also provides variations of the numbers (ie. 10 = decagon, tenth, decade). Photographs are beautiful.