Lettuce Introduce You: Poems about Food

by Laura Purdie Salas

A digital solution for your classroom with features created with teachers and students in • Perpetual license • 24 hour, 7 days a week access • No limit to the number of students accessing one title at a time • Provides a School to Home connection wherever internet is available • Easy to use • Ability to turn audio on and off • Words highlighted to match audio Bossy scarecrows, three-headed zebras, and mysterious school lunches, it's all in the world of poetry. Striking photos pair with well-crafted wordplay in these themed introductions to rhyme and rhythm. Poems in various forms celebrate everything from sitting in class to sailing through space.

Genres: Poetry

Library Binding

First published September 1, 2008

About the author

Laura Purdie Salas is the author of more than 130 books for kids and teens, including WATER CAN BE... (Millbrook, 2014), A LEAF CAN BE... (Millbrook, 2012), and BOOKSPEAK! POEMS ABOUT BOOKS (Clarion, 2011). She loves to introduce kids to poetry and help them find poems they can relate to, no matter what their age, mood, and personality.

Laura is a thinker, a cupcake and brownie addict, and an adventurer (as long as it doesn't involve skydiving).

Reviews

[Emily Anderson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very fun read! Just not sure why it’s saying it’s over 2000 pages when in reality it was about 32 pages. Sooo if my total pages for this year is insanely high that is why. I love reading about food and I love reading poems so this was great. I didn’t realize it was geared towards kids until I read the first poem but I told myself it’s still a book so I can finish it and count it towards my goal!

[Haley · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think the author did well with doing different types of poems and not the same one over and over again. This book would be more interesting if they did less basic foods. I thought it was realistic and a fun way to introduce someone to poetry, but I think it needed to be more interesting.

[Samantha · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun introduction to poetry! This book of food-themed poetry pairs acrostic, concrete, free verse, haiku, and limerick poems with fantastic photography.

Following the poetry is a glossary of poetry terms that lead readers back to the poems as examples of certain styles. Another general glossary is also included as well as a small suggested reading list.

The poems are clever and illustrate very well different types of poetry and incite interest in the subject. This is a great title for classroom use, especially during National Poetry Month in April! Additionally, some of the poems could be adapted for storytime use as fingerplays or flannelboards (i.e. Pizza in Motion, Making Pancakes). Recommended for grades 3-5.

[CFAITC]

Poems in various forms celebrate everything from watermelon to Brussels sprouts.