The Story Goes On- Aileen Fisher (Poetry Picture Book)

I really enjoy the way this book was designed. The pictures are what really drew me to the book. When you first look at the book you see that they are not painted on regular paper. Behind the frog, leaves and grass are there are words like the paper was pulled out of the newspaper and was drawn on. I looked to see if there was a pattern of the newspaper but throughout the book you can see there are different words, numbers and letters.

This is a poem about the cycle of life and how the bug eats the plant, the frog eats the bug, the snake eats the frog, the hawk eats the snake, the man shoots the hawk, the cyote eats the hawk, the crows peck at the rest of the hawk, and then it will start all over again. I thought poetry was a great way to describe the cycle of life because the words are moving with the pictures throghout the book and it flows really well together. It is a great book for children learning about the cycle of life and a great book to read to show that poetry doesn't have to be all about rhyming. It's still poetry if it doesn't rhyme. Many students don't understand that so it would be a great book to read for that reason as well.