These creaturesare ones that you might see here in Minnesota. What is a “water boatman”? With a name like that, what could it be?We’re going to look at a book of poems about creatures that live in ponds.Have any of you ever been to a pond or lake? What were some sights, smells, &sounds there?.What plantsand animals do you think might be in this book? Encourage audience participation in reading repeating refrains, as in “Depths of theSummer Pond” and “Song of the Water Boatman.”Questionsbefore reading:To Introducethis story say:.Beforereading each poem, ask if anyone recognizes them. On each page are pictures of plants and animals common to Minnesota.Have children identify what type of creature (bird, plant, insect, etc.) the poem isabout before reading it.Select several of the eleven poems in the book to read aloud.Beginning with the first spring peepers and endingwith a turtle burrowing in the mud, this book follows the seasons of the pond through theeyes of its inhabitants.Suggested ages: 4-6, 7-10Tips for Reading: Gwenda, at Shaken & Stirred, has the Poetry Friday roundup today.Minnesota StorytimeReading GuideTitle:Author:Illustrator:Song of the Water Boatman and Other PondPoemsJoyce SidmanBeckie PrangePublisher andCopyright Date: Houghton Mifflin Children’s Books, 2005Connection toMinnesota:Summary:Minnesota author, Minnesota illustrator, Minnesota settingThis is a collection of poems that looks at animals, insects, and plants found in ponds, withaccompanying information about each.
To read the rest, find a copy of this great summer book. Here is a brief excerpt from the poem "Song of the Water Boatman and Backswimmer's Refrain." (A water boatman is a bug, I discovered.) As in Butterfly Eyes, Sidman intersperses bits of factual information with the poetry. Junior is into catching tadpoles in a neighbor's pond this summer, so it's fun to recognize some of the creatures depicted here. Beckie Prange's woodblock prints colored with water colors are beautiful, and 2. Junior and I are still working our way through Song of the Water Boatman, but I can tell you that 1. I clued in once the picture book won a Caldecott honor and later when I read and liked Sidman's follow-up, Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow, which won the Cybils poetry book of the year. Song of the Water Boatman is about ponds, which I could have figured had I read the smaller print: & Other Pond Poems. At first glance I did not recognize the big duck foot on the cover and instead assumed it was some kind of expressionist abstract something. For the longest time I avoided Joyce Sidman's Song of the Water Boatman because I didn't get what it was about.
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