shighley's review
4.0
This book is amazing! It took me a few pages to catch on, but I wonder how many words Raczka worked with and rejected. What remains is very clever, and would provide an interesting challenge to students. I don't know if I would describe the results as exactly poetry, but poetry has no boundaries anyway.
bookswithzaya's review
3.0
Anagram poetry, kind of weird but I also see how it works so easily since you are using a long word to create shorter ones.
robinsversion's review
3.0
Good idea, but also proof that some ideas should really just stay as ideas, especially when you need a second page for every poem to bluntly spell out how it should be read.
jshettel's review
5.0
So clever. My 10-year old keeps rereading these poems made entirely from the letters in the one-word title of each poem. In her own words: "I love this book mom! How did he DO that?!?"
greenbeanteenqueen's review
4.0
About the Book: Poetry can be squeezed from one single word. Taking one word and rearranging the letters, Bob Raczka creates poems ranging from funny to serious in a fantastic poetry collection.
GreenBeanTeenQueen Says: Lemonade has library program for tweens written all over it! I first heard about this book during a upcoming book release webcast and knew I had to get my hands on it. I'm a big fan of Raczka's book, Guyku, and I was intrigued with the idea of taking one word and creating a poem.
The poems are so creative and fun! I love the layout of the book which lets the reader see how the poems were made and what letters were used. On the next page, the actual poem appears. This would a be a great tween program and I plan on using it in the writer's workshop programs I run for tweens and teens.
Sometimes it is a bit of a stretch to make the poem make sense, but it's the creativity that really counts for me. I also thought the book was a bit short-I wanted more poems. I did really love it and I hope we get more Lemonade poems soon. Such a fun and creative poetry book!
While I loved several of the poems, I think Vacation is one of my favorite:
Vacation:
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Bob Raczka, from Lemonade, 2011
Book Pairings: Guyku by Bob Rackza, Blue Lipstick by John Grandits, Won Ton by Lee Wardlaw-add all these together for a great poetry workshop!
GreenBeanTeenQueen Says: Lemonade has library program for tweens written all over it! I first heard about this book during a upcoming book release webcast and knew I had to get my hands on it. I'm a big fan of Raczka's book, Guyku, and I was intrigued with the idea of taking one word and creating a poem.
The poems are so creative and fun! I love the layout of the book which lets the reader see how the poems were made and what letters were used. On the next page, the actual poem appears. This would a be a great tween program and I plan on using it in the writer's workshop programs I run for tweens and teens.
Sometimes it is a bit of a stretch to make the poem make sense, but it's the creativity that really counts for me. I also thought the book was a bit short-I wanted more poems. I did really love it and I hope we get more Lemonade poems soon. Such a fun and creative poetry book!
While I loved several of the poems, I think Vacation is one of my favorite:
Vacation:
Action
In
A
Van-
Bob Raczka, from Lemonade, 2011
Book Pairings: Guyku by Bob Rackza, Blue Lipstick by John Grandits, Won Ton by Lee Wardlaw-add all these together for a great poetry workshop!