Doodledum Dancing
Meredith Costain (author)
Pamela Allen (illustrations)
Viking Books, Australia: 2006
ISBN: 0670028223
Genres: poetry, picture book
CBCA Honour Book, 2006: Book of the Year, Early Childhood
This wonderful collection of action poems from Meredith Costain just begs to be read aloud.
"Cuddly cuddly/ Warm and snugly/ Rolled up like a great big buggly/ In my grandma's woolly rug.
Jiggly, squiggly/ Wild and wiggly/ Squealing like a big pink piggly/ Wrapped in Grandma's loving hug."
Children (and adults) will love the dancing feel of the rhyming lines, packed with delicious sounds and invented words. Onomatopoeia abounds and teachers will be delighted with the number of word families and letter/sound combinations the poems reinforce.
Highly recommended.
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