Once Upon a Poem

Title: One Upon a Poem
Author: Kevin Crossley
ISBN: 0-439-77935-9


Summary:
There are many different poems in this book. The stories are poems but the content is kind of fairy tale. It is in different version. For example is ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’. It is a wicked retelling of Goldilocks and a rip. This story is nasty than the original story. While the three bears, mommy, daddy, and baby, went to the picnic, Goldilocks go to their house. She eats the bear’s food, damages the furniture and mess around their house. Then the bear family came… The ending is little different from the original story. Find it out!

Genre of this book:
The genre of this book is poetry. We can know that this book is poetry by looking at the title. The stories are all poems but the content is fairytales that we all know. The fairytales in this book are transferred as poetry. Each two sentences rhyme each other and have rhythm. It tells a story that we already know, it rhymes and have rhythm.

My Opinion on this book:
I thought this book is gonna be boring. I really don’t like poetry. It is difficult to understand. Because I knew the original story already, it was east to understand and more interesting, because the ending was little different. For some they twisted some happenings. Also not like other poetry the pictures are in color and very fun. I like it!!


Holland-Crossley, Kevin. Once Upon a Poem. Broadway, New York: Chicken House,
2004.

Hayana N.


(This could be a easy reading, but is 124 pages..so.. it’s alright…right??)