Ride a Purple Pelican (Mulberry Books)

by Jack Prelutsky

Paperback, 1997

Status

Available

Call number

811.54

Genres

Children's Books

Publication

Greenwillow Books (1997), Edition: Illustrated, 64 pages

Description

A collection of short nonsense verses and nursery rhymes.

User reviews

LibraryThing member meallen1

This book is fictional and it is poems about different children. The art in the book is colored drawings. The content includes poems about children and different animals. The reading level is first or second grade. The curicular connection is just fictional stories, and english too because they are

poems.

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LibraryThing member dknapp

This is a book with several short poems. Most of them have to do with cities, towns, or states.

I found this book to have an older nursery rhyme look to it and it was a little difficult to read. Some of the poems were cute but overall I did not really care for the book.

This book could be used to

introduce children to poetry and possibly have them try to come up with some poems of their own.

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LibraryThing member Kelsey_Barrell

I enjoyed reading this poetry book for many reasons. First, the poems aren't your typical poems. They are funny, full of rhymes and sometimes make you scratch your head. For example, there is a poem about the "poor potatoes" underground. I have never read a poem about potatoes but it sure made me

wonder about them after reading it! Second, the illustrations are beautifully drawn. For example, they are colorful, eye catching, and drawn with bright colors to make the reader stay interested. I think the overall message of this book is about animals, friendship and diversity. Each poem brings a unique aspect that makes the book fun to read.

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