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Liked It “It was a very interesting book. For each page the book had two poems that were were opposite.” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It “Singer gathers many different poems and Disney characters and brings them into the story. Each page displays a picture belonging to the poem. Showing two sides to each story. |
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“It was a very interesting book. For each page the book had two poems that were were opposite.”
Yurice Lee wrote this review 6 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Mirror Mirror by Marilyn singer and illustrated by Josee Masse is one of my favorites. This book takes classic fairy tales and flips them upside down literally and reverses them to give children a new look at poetry. This book won 11 awards including the Cybil Award in Poetry, the Land of Enchantment Picture Book Award and Washington Post's Top 15 Children's Books of 2010. for children ages 6 and up. # poetry”
Amy Nelson wrote this review Tuesday, April 2, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Summary: Mirror Mirror is a poetry collection of classic fairy tales. In this case, all of the poems reflect eachother and mean something different or reflect a different character when read the opposite way. Will the classic story still mean the same to you?
Katie G. wrote this review Monday, April 1, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Review: Mirror Mirror is an interesting take on classic fairy tales. When reading each poem in its different forms, the reader can get a better understanding of the characters and their different takes on the situations. This poem book makes you look at fairy tales in a whole new light.
Other Books: "Follow Follow" by Marilyn Singer
Mentor Text use: It would be interesting for students to write a poem, or take one they have written and then reverse it so it is its mirror image and see if it has a whole new meaning now.
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“Written in verse, these cleverly written poems based on fairy tale stories. The first version is written and then rewritten in exact reverse order, revealing opposition perspectives on the same story. Based on the fairy tales of Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The Frog Prince, Beauty and the Best and many others.
Lea Attanasio wrote this review Friday, March 29, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Teaching possibilities: perspective, point of view, poetry mentor, poetic transformation (from narration to poetry)
Themes: adversity, fantasy, love, courage, faith”
“This is an amazing poetry book about fairy tales. The poems are written in two ways. Using the exact same words, the author places a poem on the left side of the page, then flips the same exact lines and writes the poem backwards. It's incredible to see the same exact lines being used, but the story completely changes. A great challenge to give your students during a poetry writing unit.
Annamaria wrote this review Sunday, March 17, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Grade level: picture book - elementary or middle school
Genre: poetry, fairy tales
Teacher Resource: http://books4learning.blogspot.com/2012/03/picture-book-poetry-mirror-mirror-by.html
”“Singer gathers many different poems and Disney characters and brings them into the story. Each page displays a picture belonging to the poem. Showing two sides to each story.
Tiara wrote this review Wednesday, March 6, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
In The Classroom: Use this book for fun reading with partners. To teach about different perspectives.
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“A collection of short poems which, when reversed, provide new perspectives on the fairy tale characters they feature.”
LibraryLesMarronniers wrote this review Tuesday, March 5, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Reversos = Poems that can be read from top to bottom and from bottom to top! These reversos give a new spin to some old stories. The first poem retells a fairy tale and the reverse poem tells the same story from a new perspective. The only change allowed when writing a reverso is to punctuation and capitalization. Very difficult writing. Very interesting read! ”
debmcm wrote this review Saturday, March 2, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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Noelle Grande wrote this review Thursday, February 14, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Poetry Book Review
Title: Mirror, Mirror
Author: Marilyn Singer
Illustrator: Josee Masse
Publisher: Penguin Group Inc.
Published: 2010
City: New York
This book has not received any known awards.
This book is appropriate for preschoolers and kindergartners.
Summary: This book is a small collection of poems. The theme of all the poems are similar to it’s title. For example, the second poem is about Cinderella’s double life. Most of the poems character’s are about well-known fictional women such as Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, Snow White and Little Red Riding Hood. Other character’s include the doubtful duckling, the three bears from Goldie Locks, Jack and the Beanstalk, a leprechaun, the Princess and the frog and Beauty and the Beast. All of the poems are based on the stories they are apart of. To reiterate, the poem based on Goldie Locks and the Three Bears corresponds to the actual story. The poem includes important details that also correspond with the original story such as the porridge. The most shocking characteristic about this particular poem book is that it is a series of “reverso” poems. Each poem is shown read forwards and then backwards just like how a mirror reflects back whatever is in front of it. Interestingly, each poem makes sense when written both ways.
Review: This poem book is extremely clever. It must have taken an immense amount of work to create poems that made sense when read both backwards and forwards. I felt the title was extremely fitting in relation to the content inside of the book. The illustrations were impeccable for an adult, but, for a child, it could be difficult to decipher what the illustrations actually are for some of the poems. For example (this might be difficult to describe), the poem about Beauty and the Beast illustrates Beauty and Beast inside a heart. Then outside the heart is an illustration of Beauty’s neck and chest and Beast’s neck and chest. The heart with Beauty and Beast in it is placed where the actual hearts of Beauty and Beast are but Beauty are flipped. So, the illustration is conveying that Beauty is in Beast’s heart and Beast’s is in Beauty’s heart. Since that was very hard to explain, I can only imagine what a child would think about that illustration. However, the illustrations are bold and colorful. Perhaps the student might find enjoyment in looking at the pictures and trying to decipher their meaning. I also enjoyed that each new poem was titled and the illustration was on the page with the poem. In addition, the poem on the left was in a different font color than the poem on the right which also shows the contrast between the two poems. Overall, this book was sensational in it’s illustrations, creativity and cleverness.
Uses in the classroom
learn about words that when spelt backwards and forwards make the same word (palindromic)
Mom
Dad
Hannah
Noon
Civic
Radar
Never odd or even.
Not a tub, but a ton.
Lesson on ducks (one of the characters in the poem)
how they are born
what they do
how they walk
their coloring
any of the story lines can be focused on since they are all well-known children stories
the teacher can use any of the common characters such as Rapunzel and read the story about her or watch the movie Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
talk about appearance and how you shouldn’t judge people based on the way they look
“reverso” poetry
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“Mirror Mirror by Marilyn Singer; published by the Penguin Group; New York; copyright 2010
Alessandra DaSilva wrote this review Wednesday, February 13, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
1. Awards this book has won: This book has not been awarded.
2. Appropriate grade level(s): This book is appropriate for children in first to fifth grade.
3. Summary: This book takes traditional fairytales and gives them an interesting twist. Stories like Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, etc are turned into poems in this book. There are two different sides to every story and this exactly what the book does. Each story is given two poems; one is read from top to bottom and the other is read in reverse, bottom to top. The twist is that there are two different poems, however, the poems do stay true to the original plots.
Review: This is a fairly large book with great text and pictures. On each page of poems there is a clever title pertaining to the twist of the fairytale. There are two poems on one page and a picture on the other. The first poem is read top to bottom and the second poem is reversed. I found this to be so cool because it makes sense either way but it tells two different stories. I think this is something children will love. The pictures stay true to the fairytales and they are very animated. I love this book and would definitely use it!
4. Uses in the classroom:
-Point out elements of poetry
-Children can make up their own fairytales
-Have children make their own poems
-Tell them to reverse them and see if they make sense (they can make revisions)
My Tag: Poetry (e)
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