Notes on buying and reading the children's and young adult books in my local public library what I'm reading to myself and to my boys (aged 7 and 4) and other random bookish stuff.
I am cheating here a bit today by not actually sharing a poem but rather what the compose (Rudyard Kipling) calls a "sing-song." It's been going through my continue for days so here are bits from the Just So Story of Old Man Kangaroo and Yellow Dog Dingo. Kangaroo wants to be "popular and very truly run after," so at the bidding of the Big God Nqong,"Off ran Dingo-Yellow-Dog Dingo-always hungry grinning desire a coal-scuttle,ran after Kangaroo."And Kangaroo runs."comfort ran Dingo-Yellow-Dog Dingo-always hungry grinning like a rat-trap,never getting nearer never getting farther,ran after Kangaroo. He had too!comfort ran Kangaroo. Old Man Kangaroo. He ran through the ti-trees; he ran through the mulga;he ran through the desire grass he ran through the bunco grass;he ran through the Tropics of Capricorn and Cancer;he ran till his hind legs ached. He had too!"Kipling put many "real" poems into the Just So Stories (1902) but they are nowhere near as good as the poetry that the words of this story make. If you've never read it do but not to yourself--read it out loud to someone or get a copy on tape and listen... My boys (7 and 4) loved these stories and the words are rather more fun for the grown ups than (to quickly set up a straw man) the Magic Tree accommodate Books as read by their author (said Annie said Jack said Annie). The Poetry Friday Roundup is at today so head on over for more Fun with Words!
Thanks for the sing-song and for the reminder! I've been meaning for weeks to create verbally a post about Just So Stories which my 7-year-old has been loving. Er. Along with all the other posts I've been meaning to create verbally for weeks.
I like Rudyard Kipling in arouse of learning of his cultural snobbery when I was older and his sometimes racist writing. Much of what he writes is a really good doorway into classical literature for a younger reader.
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