For more advanced students or as a class shared writing experience, a different myth could be rewritten in the repetitive pattern of the book.

One of the things I did this summer was think about books I read to my own children when they were little, the ones they loved and wanted to hear over and over. It could be used during a poetry lesson and could be compared with the poem "The House that Jack Built" in 3rd through 5th grade.You’ll see my updates as I’m reading and know which books I’m liking and what I’m not finishing and why. BOOK: KADAI VEEDHI KALAKALALLUM/கடை வீதி கலகலக்கும் AUTHOR: RAMYA SETHURAM ILLUSTRATOR: BHAVYA DESAI PUBLISHER: AGAN ADHIGARAM PAGES: 22 AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+ My favourite author and publisher have released their third book, and I have the privilege of reviewing it again. Verna Aardema has brought the original story closer to the English nursery rhyme by putting in a cumulative refrain and giving the tale the rhythm of “The House That Jack Built.

The sensory stimuli don't just support the words in telling the story, if well chosen, they tell the story in their own right. The book is about a drought in Africa, Kapiti Plain and the animals end up migrating so Ki-Pat(main character) finds a way to bring the rain, and animals, back to Kapiti Plain. When a terrible drought hits the beautiful Kapiti Plain and the animals leave, young herd boy Ki-pat must find a way to end the drought and save the wildlife on the plain.When the large, looming black cloud finally appears, it visually dominates the page in a way that the drought has so far dominated the lives of the characters within Nandi.