Our
monthly KidLit meeting last week was great fun, in fact, a
particularly good time!
By
the way...
The
book passed on to me for this month was Outlaw
by Michael Morpurgo, author of Warhorse.
The story of Robin Hood, it was a very entertaining read and I would
highly recommend it to any young person about 9ish to 12 years old
who is interested in adventure, historical fiction, etc. You can
read Michael Morpurgo's summary on his website.
But
back to our meeting...
Each
month we have a theme, usually chosen by the host. This month was
“Poetry”. Everyone
brought something to share.
I
chose Michael Rosen. I don't think I've ever run into a kid who is
not familiar with We're Going on a Bear Hunt!
(Oh, that's a great book to read to a little one!) Here's a link
featuring Michael reading this book.
I
landed on Michael Rosen by accident, however. I didn't know
this fellow was so funny. I wish I'd realized this when I was
teaching. His poetry is free verse and he has quite a few on
YouTube. So entertaining to
watch as Michael is a real
performance artist. You NEED to google a few:
In
the meantime, here's a sample poem of Michael's...
Where
Broccoli Comes From
Not
many people know
That
broccoli grows in the armpits
Of
very big green men
Who
live in the forest
And
brave broccoli cutters
Go
deep into the forests
And
they creep up on the
very
big green men.
They
wait for the
very
big green men
to
fall asleep
and
the broccoli cutters
get
out their great big broccoli razors
and
they shave the armpits
of
the very big green men.
And
that's where broccoli comes from.
Not
many people know that.
Just
thought I'd let you know.
Share
that next time you serve broccoli...
Gross
stuff, but kids love it!
Happy
Reading,
Maggie
