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Loading... In the Tall, Tall Grass (original 1991; edition 1995)by Denise Fleming (Author)This book is great to help introduce different types of figurative language and literacy devices. The author does a great job in using onomatopoeia to help the reader learn about some of the sounds and actions of animals in the book. It is informational book on different types of insects and this is a good book to use in a classroom for kindergarten thru 2nd grade. This book is about animals seen in nature. Many of the words used are rhyming words and most of the words are onomatopoeias. While there are not many words on each page, the illustrations are larger than life. The pictures use bright colors and over exaggerated images to get the effect of the small animals in the tall grass. This book is great for learning rhyming words and new words in general. Many of the words are similes for the actions and sounds the animals make and do. "In the Tall, Tall Grass" is a story that tells the reader about creatures that live in the grass around us. I really liked reading this book. One reason I enjoyed his book is because it rhymed on each page. For example on the first page the book says "crunch, munch, caterpillars lunch." And the next page says "dart, dip, hummingbirds sip." These rhymes made the book really fun and easy to read. A second reason I liked this book is because as I was reading the book I noticed that there was a caterpillar on each page so it was like the caterpillar was walking through the grass. I think this unified the book. Another reason I liked this book is because the illustrations really portrayed the words on the page. For example on one of the pages the book says, "crack, snap, wings flap" and there is an illustration of a bird flying. My last reason for liking this book is the descriptive words used in the text allows the reader to visualize the sounds in their head. For example when the text says, "slip, slide, snakes glide" I can really visualize the snakes slipping and sliding through the grass. The main idea of this book was to tell readers about the creatures that lurk in the tall grass. It could be beneficial for learning about animals and where they live for various readers. |
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