Thursday, January 9, 2020

Finding Treasure: A Collection of Collections by Michelle Schaub - ADVISABLE

Finding Treasure: A Collection of Collections by Michelle Schaub, illustrated by Carmen Saldana. PICTURE BOOK/POETRY. Charlesbridge, 2019. $17. 9781580898751

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

In class the narrator’s teacher gives her the assignment to bring in something she collects. While trying to figure out what she collects, she writes poems about the things her friends and family collect. In the end she realizes that the thing she collects is poetry. 

This is a lovely collection of poems. I like the twist at the end about poems being a thing to collect. I don’t know that a lot of young readers are drawn to poetry, but this is a great introduction to the form and could be a model for writing in a classroom.  

Jen Wecker, HS English Teacher

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