Claudia's Reviews > Gone Fishing: A Novel in Verse

What a little gem. First a story of going fishing with Dad, and having the little sister butt in...and catch more fish than you. Then, deciding how to handle that at home.

But the real treasures of this book are the short poems. Wissinger identifies the speaker of each, sometimes Sam, sometimes Lucy. She also identifies the poetry form of each, and she chooses some great forms of poetry...and at the end, there is a glossary of poetic devices. Jackpot!!

This would make a fantastic mentor text for student writing...in pairs, alternating voices, while trying their hands with all these lovely forms.

I could plan weeks and weeks of lessons around this book, and I hope I would never destroy the sheer FUN of the book.