Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reverso Poems

Title of the book: Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reverso Poems

Author: Marilyn Singer    

Genre: Poetry

Awards:ALA Notable, winner of the Cybil Award in Poetry and the Land of Enchantment Picture Book Award

Age group: 6-9 years

Summary: In this book are many poems that work in reverse as they do regularly. It is basically a bunch of poems reversed that have to do with the fairy tale it is speaking about. One of the poems that I was looking at was Longing for Beauty, which is based off of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast and the poem is speaking about how the beast is looking for love in a beauty but how a beauty can also love a beast. 

Teacher Evaluation: As a teacher I would use this book to teach about my students about reverse poems and how cool they could be to make and learn about. This is a good book as well because it is full of fairy tales and the students could become entertained by this.



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