There's No Place Like School



There's No Place Like School
Poems selected by: Jack Prelutsky
Illustrated by: Jane Manning
Genre: Poetry
Ages: 5-8

There's No Place Like School  is a collection of poems all about life at school. The book is a collection of 18 poems written by 13 different writers. The themes of the poems range from cursive to the display of cafeteria food to the struggles kids face with the drinking fountain. Students will love the fun and light hearted themes these poems are about. The illustrations are fun and vibrant as well!

Theme:
School brings about many challenges and adventures. Everyone goes through the same obstacles at school.

About the author:
Jack Prelutsky has been writing poetry for children for many years. He is known for writing poetry that makes people laugh. He can relate to may children because when he was younger he hated poetry but once he gave it a chance he realized how fun it could be!

Pre reading activity:
Brainstorm with students themes they could write poetry about that have to do with school. Discuss with students what they would write about and how other people could relate to it.

Post reading activity:
Students write their own poem about a school related theme. Students draw a colorful illustration to go along and share their poetry with the class.

Source used:
http://www.jackprelutsky.com/