Larios, J. Yellow elephant. A bright bestiary. (2006). United States. Harcourt Books
This is a wonderful single illustrated poem book written in a picture book format. The author, Larios and illustrator, Julie Paschkis work together to create small poems with a picture on the opposite page to go along with it. Larios's uses words in each poem to help create an image for the reader. For instance, in "Red Donkey,"Larios uses the term to red to create a mean, frustrated, and tired donkey. Students can relate the color red to anger because they have seen this representation their entire lives.
In a different poem, entitled "White Owl," Larios uses the term "who" to show that the owl is asking questions about the things he sees during winter but this question is also referring to the "hoo" sound an owl makes.
This collection of poetry received the Horn Book Honor Award.
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