Independent Reading Level: Grades K-5
Honors/Awards: 2000 Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007)
2000 NAPPA Gold Awards
2001 Bookseller's Choice

This book is perfect for teacher's reading poetry to their classroom. It is good for children in 2nd grade and above. It has a lot of fun imagery and other devices in it as well. A really vibrant addition to the library. ( )

poem- narrative

This book is about how much it was raining. It was raining so much that it stoped raining real rain! It rained things like pigs and noodles, and sweaters, and frogs, a hippo, and a rake.

I like how in this book the words are in a swirl. The reader has to turn the book in order to be able to read all the words. I think this would require active reading because you have to move/interact with the book. As a student I feel like that would have annoyed me, but some students may really like it!

This book includes over 100 rhymes and poems by Jack Prelutsky and illustrated by James Stevenson. These poems are silly and zany, something most. young elementary students love in poetry!

This book written by Jack Prelutsky (Nationally Best-Selling Poet) and drawings by James Stevenson is a playful, lighthearted, and silly book filled with poems that will surely make kids laugh! The poems are goofy and full of kid-friendly words that will spark kids' imagination! I like how the poems are all different lengths- some are only a few lines while others expand to two pages. Some poems include people, while others feature animals. and some even include actions like the poem: Hiccup! Three of my favorite poems are, "Today was Not My Day at All", "I've turned into a Carrot", and "Waffles Give Me Sniffles". I think they are creative and funny and they made me smile. I think this book would be fun to read to students during a poetry unit or even as a "poem a day" for poetry month in April. I also think that the title will get kids interested in it-- It's Raining Pigs and Noodles! ( )