Songs,+Raps,+and+Riddles

=**Songs, Raps, and Riddles**=

=Because poetry is no longer limited to rhyming verse, it now includes songs, raps, word pictures, memories, riddles, and observations. Teachers can enjoy teaching songs, raps, and riddles that are popular with their students. Sometimes, teaching reading through a rap can be motivating to some reluctant, struggling readers. Don't miss this oppportunity to turn them on to reading!= = =

Some popular read-aloud books that are now considered poetry:

 * ==__My Name is Alice__ by JaneBayer==
 * ==__Alpha Beta Chowder__ by Jeane Steig==
 * ==__Aster Aardvark's Alphabet Adventures__ by Steven Kellog==
 * ==__Busy Buzzing Bumblebees and Other Tongue Twisters__ by Alvin Schwartz==
 * ==__A Chocolate Mosse for Dinner__ by Fred Gwynne==
 * ==__Jamberry__ by Bruce Degen==
 * ==__The King Who Rained__ by Fred Gwynne==
 * ==__One Sun: A Book of Terse Verse__ by Bruce McMillan==
 * ==__Westward Ho Ho Ho! Jokes from the Wild West__ by Victoria Hartman==
 * ==__Yours Till The Banana Splits: 201 Autograph Rhymes__ by Joanna Cole and Stephanie Calmenson==
 * ==__The Z Was Zapped: A Play in Twenty-Six Acts__ by Chris VAn Allsburg==