Almost Late to School And More School Poems

Author:  Carol Diggory Shields, 2003, Puffin Books
Illustrator:  Paul Meisel

Almost Late to School is a compilation of several poems, all of them having to do with school.  There are traditional rhymes, haikus, and other forms of poetry.  One poem was about a snake that a student had brought to show-and-tell, and the poem was written in the shape of a snake.  I really liked this book of short poems, and I think children would love them also.  If I were a student in elementary school, I would especially like the fact that each poem has a different focus, but they all reflect the same common theme.  Overall, I would give this book a "thumbs up."