How Many Lines in a Limerick

Author: Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan

Illustrator: Jennifer Gibson

Clear Fork Media 

This is a book PACKED with information for little poets. 

You can learn all about sonnets, limericks, couplets, Diamante, acrostic and more. Shobha deftly describes each form of poetry in verse and then follows it up with her own delightful poem that follows that particular  format. 

Shobha also has clever little poems about things like groups of animals, from herds to pods and everything in between. I can’t get over this line “But a congress of Baboons, even with wise jowls, will never outwit a parliament of owls.” Makes me smile each time. She also covers types of cheese, basics of onomatopoeia, saying hello in different languages, types of houses, all about moms, homes, living situations, april fools day…phew… and all in verse! 

This book is a treasure for young kids learning about writing and poetry. It will encourage them to break into verse themselves.