Thank you all!!!!
Meant to do this sooner.....
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A Surfeit of Similes by Norman Juster
Jack Prelutsky's "Ankylosaurus" poem has both similies and metaphors in
it.
Try Marvin Terban's books: It Figures!
Hailstones and Halibut Bones for metaphor
My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks
The Night of the Twisters by Ivy Ruckman
Ken Kesey's Little Tricker the Squirrel Meets Big Double the Bear
Simile
A Turkey for Thanksgiving by Bunting
Quick as a Cricket by WOod
Two Mrs. Gibsons by Toyomi
The Wagon by Johnston
The Whales' Song by Sheldon
Nettie's Trip South by Turner
Metaphor
Goodbye Geese by Carlstrom
The Rough Faced Girl by Martin
Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea by Thomas
Greyling by Yolen
A Turkey for Thanksgiving by Bunting
SIMILE
*QUICK AS A CRICKET, Audrey Wood
*COLOR ME A RHYME, Jane Yolen
*SWING AROUND THE SUN, Barbara Juster Esbensen
*LET'S GET A PUP! SAID KATE, Bob Graham
*THE GIRL WHO LOVED HORSES, Paul Goble
*CHANTICLEER AND THE FOX, Geoffrey Chaucer and Barbara Perry
*THE EYES OF THE GRAY WOLF, Jonathon London
*TEN-SECOND RAINSHOWERS: POEMS BY YOUNG PEOPLE, Compiled by Sandford
Lyne
*FEARLESS FERNIE: HANGING OUT WITH FERNIE AND ME, Gary Soto Nettie's Trip South -
E TUR
Owl Moon - E YOL
Apple Tree Parnall
*THE ROUGH-FACED GIRL, Rafe Martin
*ENCOUNTER Jane Yolen
UP NORTH at the CABIN by Marsha Chall
COME ON, RAIN by Karen Hesse
KNOTS ON A COUNTING ROPE, Bill Martin
Black Cat by Christopher Myers
Comes A Wind by Linda White
Grizz! By Eric Kimmel
Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Martin Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood
Two Mrs. Gibsons by Igus Toyomi
The Wagon by Tony Johnston
The Whales Song by Dylan Sheldon
Bunting, Eve. The Man Who Called Down Owls. =20
Carrick, Carol. Dark and Full of Secrets.
Cole, Brock. The Winter Wren.
Collins. The Willow Maiden.
Dragonwagon. Jemima Remembers.
Fields. The Green Lion of Zion Street.
Fleischman, Sid. The Scarebird.
Hanson, Joan. More Similes
Haseley, Dennis. My Father Doesn't Know About the Woods and Me.
Kennedy. Song of the Horse.
Mattingley. The Miracle Tree.
Moore, Clement. The Night Before Christmas.*
Nesbit. The Deliverers of Their Country.
Nixon. Fat Chance, Claude.
Parnall. Apple Tree.
Parnall. Winter Barn.
Say, Allen. The Bicycle Man.
Sommer. I Read You Loud and Clear.
Stolz, Mary. Storm in the Night.*
Juster, Norton A Surfeit of Similes
Tennyson, Alfred. The Lady's Chair and the Ottoman.
Tester. You Dance Like An Ostrich.
Tresselt, Alvin. Hide and Seek Fog.
Turner. Dakota Dugout.
Leedy, Loreen There's A Frog in My Throat
Young, Ed. Seven Blind Mice.
Diary of a Worm and Diary of a Spider by Doreen Cronin
No one can resist the page in which worm tells his older sister :no
matter how much time she spends looking in the mirror, her face will
always look just like her rear end" Spider thought that was funny.
Mom did not.
Grandfather's Lovesong by Reeve Lindbergh (the grandfather in
question is Charles Lindbergh, avaiator
For similes: I love the similes used constantly in any of the Chet Gecko
books, by Bruce Hale. They are amusing and the kids get a kick out of =
them once I ask them to listen for them. These are good read-aloud chapter
books.
Night noises by Mem Fox
METAPHOR
*SWING AROUND THE SUN, Barbara Juster Esbensen
*LET'S GET A PUP! SAID KATE, Bob Graham
*THE GIRL WHO LOVED HORSES, Paul Goble
*CHANTICLEER AND THE FOX, Geoffrey Chaucer and Barbara Perry
*THE EYES OF THE GRAY WOLF, Jonathon London
*TEN-SECOND RAINSHOWERS: POEMS BY YOUNG PEOPLE, Compiled by Sandford Lyne
A Turkey For Thanksgiving,Eve Bunting
Cat, what is that? Tony Johnston
Pattou, Edith Mrs. Spitzer's Garden E PAT Metaphor
Pinkkney, Jerry The Ugly Duckling E PIN Metaphor
Ringgold, Faith Tar Beach E RIN Metaphor
Bunting, Eve Riding the Tiger E BUN Metaphor
Spinelli, Jerry Maniac Magee FIC SPI Metaphor
Grandfather's lovesong by Reeve Lindbergh ; illustrated by Rachel
Isadora.
A poetic description of love between a boy and his grandfather, using
metaphors of nature throughout the seasons.
Grandpa Bear's fantastic scarf written and illustrated by Gillian Heal.
A wise old bear teaches his grandson about how to approach life and
happiness, using the scarf he weaves each day as a metaphor.
Metaphors, similes, and other word pictures (nonfiction)
Jennifer Fandel.
(Series: Understanding poetry)
Discusses the use of metaphors, similes, and other word pictures in
poetry, and features examples and illustrations.
Raising Sweetness and Saving sweetness by Diane Stanley
Raising Yoder's barn by Yolen
Danielle Blaise
Lower School Librarian
The Hewitt School
45 E 75th Street
New York, NY 11021
212-288-1919 ex.342
dblaise@hewittschool.org
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