Candy Corn: Poems

A collection of poems. I did not care for this one too much.

genre: Poetry
Age(s): 8-12

The book, "Candy Corn" is a poem book. The book has many different types of poems. It also has illustrations to go along with it. I think that this book would be good when teaching about writing. It would give the teacher a resource to show his or her students different types of poems.

A cute and cleaver collection of childrens poem that are all about daily life.

Has anyone ever wondered how language can be used and interpreted differently? In "Candy Corn," one can understand that sounds are what make up language. People will also get the message of how beautiful the world that they live in is. It makes one feel appreciation for the world, and recognize how

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it has changed over time just like we do. Another thing that was incorporated into this book of poems was how there are plenty of moving moments in our daily lives. Sometimes we are so blind and forget that the small things in life are what makes us the most happy and touched. Colors are also important to us because they say so much! Colors can affect words and their meanings when one is viewing the illustrations and reading the text. Poetry is here to help us feel and see what is not "normally" seen. James Stevenson does an excellent job of making his readers feel things that we overlook on a daily basis.

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Items and situations, which are usually overlooked in poetry, are described.

The book would be a useful tool in discussing poetry topics and the way in which a writer goes about addressing an unusual topic.

Poetry book about all sort of genres. Each poem is about a page long and is cute and comical.

I loved this book because it brought out the fact that there are beautiful, poetic moments in everyday life. I think this would be a wonderful book to use in an exercise to make students look at the world around them to find subjects about which to write.

This is a cute book for K-4. It is good for all ages because it has many poems in it. This would be a good book to read during the month of October.

This is a collection of poems that takes the movements of everyday things and brings them to life and shows the beauty in these simple, commonplace things. Good book for light poetry reading.

This book has poems that shows everyday life. I enjoyed the pictures and the way the words were written. It was a fun book to read because it is a busy book. I enjoyed it the most because I used to like to eat candy corns when I was younger.

A compilation of short poems about random things--peanuts, birds, screen doors. There is little rhyme (quite literally) or reason to the topics of each poem--just brief touches on everyday things. This would be a good book to read to children when there isn't alot of time to spend on chapter books.

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A few pages of Candy Corn will hit the spot.

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Candy Corn is a good poem book to read one or two everyday in the classroom. It has great watercolor images on each page of the book, and every page captures the moments of our daily lives. The book starts off in early spring and ends two weeks after Halloween. The audience can learn about the

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seasons starting at Spring, and the small things that happen in life.

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This little book of poems had a collection of different poems on many types of subjects. Each poem was very short, but did a fantastic job at describing each subject. In the classroom, I would read this to my students for fun. This book is relaxing, and can be used after lunch or play time to get

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the students to calm down.

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Candy Corn poems is a sequence of poems. One poem that I like was "Coming or Going." It seems like the poem is talking about fall and that is the season we are in now, even though in New Orleans it does not feel like it. I look forward to the breeze. Another poem I liked was "The Morning After

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Halloween." It talks about when u wake up and see candy corn everywhere. It looks just like dragon teeth. There are funny poems for younger kids.

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Candy Corn is a fun little book of random poems. There is everything from Halloween, dumpsters, and even the seasons. I enjoyed this book because every poem was unique and had creative illustrations to go with them.

Hodgepodge of poems about different things that caught the author's eye. I would read a few of these during poetry lessons and have students create their own poem about whatever catches their eyes.

Not the most *L*iterary poems out there, but they're aimed at kids, so that's good. Not so much about metaphor, allusion, not even a lot of alliteration, word-play, or rhymes... but rather bright evocative slices of life. Illustrations and design are integral.

Coming or Going

The screen door

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screeches.
The screen door slams.
Coming or going,
Going or coming,
The sounds are the same.

But what a difference
It makes to me --
Your going away,
Your coming home.

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