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Posted: March 22 2006 at 11:14pm | IP Logged Quote saintanneshs
written and illustrated by fourth grade students of St. Mary's Catholic School in Mansfield, Massachusetts
~32 pages, printed by Scholastic, copyright 2005

My mom just brought this book to me (she found it at her school's book fair) and I love it!!

It combines a nature walk with poetry, specifically haiku (which I just love!) and there is both cut-paper art and watercolor throughout. Haiku is explained and examples are given, with instructions on how to use haiku to "capture a moment in time," like "taking a photo with words." There is even a section in the back for field notes if your children are inspired to take a haiku hike AND field notes about what the children saw (perfect for rabbit trails in botany, geography, ecology, geology, etc.) This isn't a how-to book so much as a fun picture book with lots of potential for CM homeschoolers. Living book? I vote yes!

And the best part of the book?...written by kids, for kids

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Posted: March 23 2006 at 5:25am | IP Logged Quote amyable
This sounds really neat! Thanks for sharing it!

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