The illustrations in this book bring the poem alive for very young children.

I loved this book! It was a super cute, short poem. The author focused on rhyming, so it kind of had a little tune to it. I really liked this book because it actually made sense. The rhymes were perfect, and the way the shadow is shown, it is relevant to people. I can relate to this book because shadows are so silly and this book really shows what shadows are. ( )

English/Mandarin Bilingual version. Stored in Chinese tab in kinder library

This picture-book edition of Stevenson's poem is a good introduction to classic poetry for young readers.

This book illustrates Robert Louis Stevenson's poem, My Shadow. The illustrations bring the words to life. They depict children from all over the world doing activies while acompanied by their shadow. The AABB repitition gives the book a sing song feel and would be great to teach kids some fluency patterns for this type of poem. The words on each page are limited and the illustrations will expand the meaning of the text.. It could be a great read aloud when teaching about a light or shaodows, as well as perspective taking. The reader personifies their shadow. There are some higher level vocabulary words that could be good examples of how to use context clues to figure out unknown words. Te book is rich in text and the illustrations are beautiful. I would use this book with children up to sixth grade. ( )