Splish Splash by Joan Bransfield Graham

This book is a collection of poems that are all about water. There are poems about rain, the ocean, tears, ice cubes, dew, etc. The text is in the shape of the water that is being talked about. For example, for the ice cube poem, the text is in the shape of ice cubes that are in a cup. The text in the icicle poem is in the shape of icicles.

This would be a great book to accompany a science lesson. It would also be useful to show how poems can be written. After reading this, you could have your students write a poem in the shape of what they are talking about. For example, if they want to write a poem about an apple, have them write the text to form the shape of an apple.

The illustrations, by Steve Scott, are very simple. There isn't much detail and the illustrator doesn't use a lot of colors. However, he did do a great job of making them go along very well with the text. I would recommend this book for ages 5-10.