Goofy, creative, and cute! ( )

Prev. ed. publ. under name of 'Uncle Shelby' ( )

This book is about a little kid who is selling his rhinoceros and is tells about how great he is as a pet and how he is good around the house and is quite as a mouse. This would be fiction because the key idea is selling the rhinoceros so he talks about all of the great things the Rino is good for. ( )

El pequeño protagonista de la historia vende su rinoceronte, pero además lo vende con instrucciones incluidas porque nos detalla en verso todo lo que puede hacer su mascota. Con este nos ya pasar un buen rato, si tenemos algún animal en casa a lo mejor nos da ideas para hacer con ellos, pero que mamá y papá no se enteren por favor…

Para niños y niñas de 4 a 6 años
Disponible en Julio Caro Baroja

Summary: This poem starts describing a very cute rhinoceros for sale. The rhinoceros is sweet, fat, and huggable and as quiet as a mouse. Then it goes on to describe all of the ways he could be useful around the house, such as eating bad report cards before your parents see them and being a perfect jump rope partner.

Personal Reactions: This is such a cute story with great illustrations. Some of the lines made me sad, like the line about the rhinoceros being good to yell at because of the picture of a crying rhinoceros. Shel Silverstein was a big part of my childhood and I liked reading this as an adult.

Classroom Extensions: 1. This could be incorporated with a lesson plan about Shel Silverstein.
2. I would have the kids write a journal entry about what animal they would love to have as a pet and how that animal would help them around the house.
3. I think this is an excellent addition to a lesson plan on poetry. ( )