Gone Camping A Novel in Verse

Reviewed by: Jeri Fitzpatrick - GNGMS, Gray, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: November 6, 2017

Review

Great book for teaching poetry to kids. The book is made up of many different types of poetry. It's about a family who goes camping and it includes all their adventures. At the end of the book is a Provisioning for poetry which includes definitions figurative language: rhyme, rhythm, alliteration, anaphora (poets starts several lines with the same word or phrase), apostrophe, assonance, hyperbole, imagery, interjection, etc. It also includes different types of poems (which are included in the book) alarm poem, aubade (sunrise poem), blank verse variation, blessing, chant, charm, cinquain, concrete, plus 34 other kinds of poems. The illustrations are pen ink and watercolor.The inside pages are without color.

Overall Book Score: very good