This book is composed of different poems of different subjects. The subjects all have to do with art and expressing once self through the poems. This can be part of a lesson of rhythm and rhyme and many more. ( )

Dance With Me is a children’s book of poems. The poems are about activities people do and how each activity is a form of dance. The basketball player performs a ballet. The rain tap dances on the rooftop. The gardener waltzes with her hoe.

This book appealed to me because for as long as I can remember I have enjoyed poems and dancing. The way that the author put the two together made me aware of how all things we do involve dance.

I would read this book to the students in my class and have them pick an activity that they enjoy. I would ask them to pretend that they are doing the activity and turn it into a dance. I would then ask them to write a poem about what happened. I would also like to use this book in a lesson on rhyming.

“Dance with Me”
Summary: “Dance With Me” is a poetry book by Barbara Juster Esbensen. The book is a collection of many poems that commemorate types of dances from classic to traditional to original. The book has stories filled with waltzes and taps. From dancing in the weather to a precious baby looking in a mirror are in the book. “Basketball Ballet” and “The winds Reply” are some titles of some of the poems.
Personal Response: The poems were extremely emotional. The moods were funny to spooky to sad. The theme of the book is dance. The illustrations in the book were fantastic. The pictures were a great addition to the poems.
Extension: This book would be used when the class is discussing poetry. The students can write poems of their favorite dance and share them with the class. Also the students can make poems of one subject of their choosing and make their own collections of poems with the same theme. Illustrations can be made like the ones in the book to enhance the beauty of their poems. ( )

The book dance with me is a poetry book. The different poems are about dancing. One of the poems is a little girl and she is looking in the mirror and how the little girl in the mirror copies everything she does and tries to dance with her. The pictures in the book are pretty they are very colorful.

I like the poem about the little girl in the mirror the best because I could see a little baby that is just seeing themselves the in mirror trying to get the one in the mirror to do what they do. I was amazed by how wonderful the pictures looked in the book.

You could use this book in the class room to show the students all the different ways there are to make a poem about different things. The students could then make there own poem about something that they like to do and have them make it say that they were doing a dance like the book does with the basketball ballet poem in the book.