The Monarch Award:
Illinois’ K-3 Children’s Choice Award
2006 Master List
Sponsored by the
Illinois School Library Media Association
2006
Nominee: Bow Wow Meow
Meow:
It’s
Rhyming Cats and Dogs
From leopards to Chihuahuas, a
picture book with lively rhymes provides more than twenty easy-to-read
poems about cats and dogs of all shapes, sizes, and sounds.
- Writing: Write your own animal poems
- Language: Explore different poetry forms, Find Mother Goose
poems about cats and dogs
- Compare: Other Florian books, other poetry
- Research: Breeds of dogs and cats
- Art: Make your own illustrations for poems on computer or by hand
- Technology: Create a slide show of animal poems and drawings
- Drama: Do choral readings with poems
- Insectlopedia by Douglas Florian
- Mammaliabilia by Douglas Florian
- It's About Dogs by Tony Johnston
- I Am the Cat by Alice Schertle
- ABC Cats and ABC Dogs by Tara Darling
- Annette Lamb's 42explore Poetry
- Cat poetry, quotes, proverbs, sayings
- Dog poetry, quotes, proverbs, sayings
- Writing kid's poems–Tips
- Write, read, rate poems