One Sun

by Bruce McMillan

Describes a day at the beach in a series of terse verses (verses made up of two monosyllabic words that rhyme) accompanied by photographs.

Genres: Poetry, Picture Books, Photography

32 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1990

Reviews

[Savannah Webster · Rating 4 out of 5]

A book of Terse Verse by Bruce McMillan is made up of two monosyllabic words that sound alike on each page accompanied by a photograph that relates. It is a simple way to introduce rhyme with fun images showing a day at the beach. After reading it a couple times my littles were finishing my reading and taking over. Now we are inspired to write our own!

[Eliza · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is a decent book for teaching vocabulary, albeit limited of course by making sure the words rhyme. That could be a useful mnemonic though. My main issue is with the "wet pet" photo, as it shows no actual wet pet but just people sitting on a lifeguard tower. It seemed to be an inside joke.

[Diane · Rating 5 out of 5]

A collection of 14 rhymes, each made up of 2 words that rhyme. There is an accompanying photograph.

I use this book with my kindergartners. I show them the picture and let them figure out “the two word poem.”

[Amanda Schwind · Rating 5 out of 5]

Terse verse would be great for introducing rhyming and an activity to write those terse verse