Firefly July by Paul B. Janeczko

 

Title: Firefly July 

Genre: Poetry 

Author: Paul B. Janeczko

Illustrator: Melissa Sweet 

Major Awards:  No major awards found for this book

Age group: Ages 5 to 10 

 Summary: 

This is a collection of poems chosen by Paul Janeczko written by different authors such as; Cid Corman, Joyce Sidman, James Stevenson, and Robert Frost. These poems are about the different four seasons (spring, summer, fall, and winter).

Evaluation: 

Appropriate grade levels for this book would be 1^st to 4^th grade. The illustrations in this book beautifully represented every single poem in this collection. The illustrations made me feel exactly every breeze, every snow, and every tree leaf falling. I would definitely use this book in my classroom because I know my students would love the illustrations and just how easy of a read some of the poems are. I would use this book in a lesson plan where we are talking about the different seasons in the world. I would bring out this book every single time a new season comes and read a poem that goes with the new season.