Picture Book #3 Wake Up House: Rooms Full of Poems

 

Author: Dee Lillegard

Title: Wake Up House! Rooms Full of Poems

Illustrator:Don Carter

Readability: 2.9 Kindergarten through Second

Genre: Picture Book

Subgenre: Poetry

Theme: Everything works together for one great cause, no matter how different a person or thing may be.

Primary and Secondary Characters: House, Bedroom window, bathroom, mirror, sink, kitchen, stove, broom, refrigerator, broom, washer, dryer,stairs, doors, closet, vacuum cleaner, corners, feather duster,rocking chair, tape player, bookcase, the shadow, screen door, drapes, lamp, table, houseplants, television,clock, couch, tub, bed, night light.

 Award(s) and Publishing Date: 2000
Publishing Company:Alfred A. Knopf Inc.

ISBN number: 0-679-88351-7

Summary and how the book will be used with students:

Wake up House! Rooms Full of Poems is a wonderful story about a house and almost every appliance in the house has a poem telling what it does and its importance. Don Carter did a wonderful job with the illustration in this book, they pictures throughout this book look three dimensional and are done with bright colors. The pictures really do bring this poem to life and intrigues the reader to read the poem that goes along with the picture.

In the classroom, this book would be wonderful to use to introduce poetry to students, especially, while talking about personification. With younger grades it could help students name different parts of a house.