I really liked this book because it had two elements that sometimes children are turned off to just because of the stigma they sometimes hold: school and poems. This book had a collection of poems that were about the different elements of school. I felt like this book was really neat because growing up, I didn't have a great experience or much exposure to poetry. This book allows kids to see that poetry can be written in many different forms and by many different people including kids! I also really enjoyed the illustrations. The illustrations have all different kids with different skin color and physical attributes which is actually more realistic of what they see in their actual classroom! The illustrations also look like they were drawn by various kids, but they were actually drawn by one person by the name of Jessie Hartland. (that would have been cool though, if the author had different kids draw the pictures for her book). Some of the poems included animal reports, school bus rides, play ground fun, lunch money, homework blues, and many more. I really would recommend reading this book to your kids, and then having them create their own poems about the different elements they have in their own school. This is a great book to get kids interested in writing poetry.
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