Luke and Leo Build a Limerick is part of the Poetry Builders Series to teach kids about all sorts of poetry types. This one, by Marybeth Mataya, focuses on limericks. Friends Luke and Leo leave a playful limerick poem on a doorstep for Lizzie as an April Fool's joke. Lizzie loves it and wants to learn how to write limericks herself. These five line poems have a rhyme pattern. The first two lines rhyme with one another, the middle two rhyme with one another, and the final, fifth line rhymes with the first two lines. Limercis are usually playful poems and that final line often has an amusing twist. Alliteration and rhythm were also touched upon in this book.

My cubs and I read this together. The artwork is just lovely. I feel it did a good job teaching kids the basics of limericks, and it even included some well-known limericks. I'm a poet myself, and I've dabbled in this form. I really have to be in the mood and mindset to write limericks, but several of my cubs loved this style. I think it’s a great early advanced form to teach budding poets. The end of the book has more detailed instructions regarding this form. Highly recommended for any teacher with a poetic bent. A must for all school libraries.

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