Mirror Mirror is a quaint poetry book that tells the stories of some of our beloved fairy tales. The poems main characters are Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Goldilocks to name a few. What is unique about this book is that the poems are written in a way that if you read them bottom to top (from the last word to the first), a different story is told. These poems are a great piece of children's literature that will confuse and fascinate the young mind. The illustrations in this delightful picture book makes the poems come to life. After reading this little treasure of a book you will find the reading trying to come up with their own reverso poem. Using an example I found on the internet I created my own reverso poem.
In the Blink of an Eye
This Class is Almost Over
What Did I Do?
Blog
Create Newsletters
Read
Write
For Three Months
What will I Do?
A book trailer can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMpAjvE3LC0
Teacher can find ways to incorporate this book into their lessons at http://www.penguin.com/static/images/yr/pdf/LessonPlans_MirrorMirror.pdf
Readers also enjoyed In the Wild by David Elliot and Poetrees by Douglas Florian
Additional books written by the author are Tallulah's Tutu
and Echo Echo: Reverso Poems About Greek Myths
Singer, M., & Masse, J. (2010). Mirror mirror: A book of reverso poems. New York, NY: Dutton Children's Books.
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