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Title: A Sock is a pocket for your toes
Author: Elizabeth Scanlon
Topic: Pockets
Grades: K-2 

Comments: Since April is National Poem month we read these two books. After reading this one we talked about other pockets.  The kids really got into it and came up with some really good answers. 

Title: Monster Goose
Author: Judy Sierra        
Topic: Poems with a twist
Grades: 3-6 

Comments: These poems are Mother Goose rhymns with different words.  They are great to read and have the kids quess which Mother Goose rhymn it goes to.  We had the kids come up and read them to the class and they really liked that. 

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Grades: All Grades 
Titles/Authors used: Skippyjon Jones and Mummy trouble/Judith Schachner 

Comments: We had a series of Skippy Jon Jones books on display and had them listen to Mummy trouble or The big bones and talked about things that are similar in her books and her style of writing.