The Pig in the Spigot

Title: The Pig in the Spigot

Genre: Poetry

Author: Richard Wilbur

Illustrator: J. Otto Seibold

Awards: N/A

Age Group: 4-7 years old

Summary: This book is a collection of poems that are fun and silly that children would enjoy. One poem is about an ant being able to find sweet treats. Another poem is about a king sitting on a throne because he is the one that rules.

Evaluation: All the poems have rhyming words, so I would use the book during a rhyming lesson. For older students, I would use the longer poems for us to identify their rhyme scheme. One thing I really like about this book is the play on words that that poet uses to create his entire poem around. For example, with the title pig in a spigot, the word pig can be found in the word spigot. As a fun assignment, I would have older students try to create a poem like one from the book.

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