Book Description
Nostalgic full page illustrations depict an old fashion parade down Main Street. Rhythmic, rhyming, lyrical text make this book a pleasure to read again and again. Each letter of the alphabet is represented with an onomatopoeia (sound) word. ¿Ahh,¿ went the boy. ¿Bash,¿ went the drums. ¿Clang,¿ went the cymbals in the band. ¿Ding,¿ went the bell. ¿Eek,¿ went the mouse. ¿Fizz,¿ went the soda in his hand. ¿Gulp,¿ went the boy. ¿Honk,¿ went the horn. This book is also about a boy and his bear. The boy drops his bear early in the story and finds it in the end, realizing, ¿I know he¿s really dirty. I don¿t care!¿ Children will enjoy looking for the bear from page to page. This book was written for children 0-6 years old. However this book may also be used for older children and adults in an educational setting to illustrate meter in poetry, with rhyme, rhythm, lyrical text and counted syllables. Written by Dana Hall Jordan, a Kindergarten teacher and illustrated by Burma Willingham, also an early childhood educator. Published by Capture Books; P.O. Box 2274, Blanchard, Oklahoma 73010.
