Gone FishingNine-year-old Sam loves fishing with his dad. So when his pesky little sister, Lucy, horns in on their fishing trip, he's none too pleased: "Where's my stringer? / Something's wrong! / The princess doll does not belong!" All ends well in this winsome book of poems--each labeled with its proper poetic form, from quatrain to tercet. Together the poems build a dawn-to-dusk story of a father-son bond, of sibling harmony lost and found--and most of all, of delicious anticipation. Charming line drawings animate the poetry with humor and drama, and the extensive Poet's Tackle Box at the end makes this the perfect primer to hook aspiring poets of all ages. |
Contents
Night Crawlers | 1 |
Just Dad and Me | 3 |
My Tackle Box | 5 |
Fishing for Pretend | 11 |
A Fishy Spell | 13 |
The Night Before Fishing | 14 |
Gone Fishing | 17 |
Up and at Em | 18 |
Fishing Score | 61 |
My Big Fish | 65 |
Fishing Flop | 69 |
Catfish Sam | 75 |
Catfish Strong | 77 |
Gulp | 79 |
Winner Winner | 81 |
Hooked | 83 |
Cant Go Fishing Yet Blues | 22 |
What to Pack? | 27 |
On the Road | 29 |
I See Something | 31 |
Boat Launch | 35 |
All Aboard | 36 |
Crossing the Lake | 38 |
Fishermans Prayer | 41 |
Recipe for Fishing | 43 |
When Were Fishing | 45 |
First Catch | 47 |
Lucys Quiet Time | 49 |
Lucys Song | 52 |
Catching Fish Is Such a Blast | 55 |
For the Love of HaroldBest of the Worms | 57 |
A Big Surprise | 85 |
Amends | 87 |
What Cat Is That? | 89 |
Next Time | 90 |
We Love Fishing | 92 |
Our Take | 97 |
Cleanup | 99 |
Fish Supper | 101 |
Just Us Three | 103 |
Fish Tales | 105 |
Back Matter | 108 |
Back Flap | 121 |
Back Cover | 122 |
Spine | 123 |
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Common terms and phrases
Acrostic poems ALLITERATION anapests ANAPHORA ASSONANCE ballads beans best fishing Big Surprise bite bluegills Blues poems boat bobber CATFISH catfish strong caught cinquain complaint poem concrete poem COUNTING POEM couplets curse poem Dad’s double dactyl dramatic poems eight syllable fight first fish Fish for dinner Fish Tales fishing day Fishing for Pretend fishing soon fishing tomorrow fishing trips Fishing Yet Blues fishy Fishy Spell forgiveness poem Free Verse Poem Gone Fishing Haiku Heeere Heptameter how-to poem limerick list poems LOVE FISHING Love of Harold Lucy's LUCY’S SONG lyric poem menu poem narrative poem Night Before Fishing Night Crawlers ofrhymes ONOMATOPOEIA parody poem Pindar poem of address poem the poet poem’s subject poetry techniques prayer poem Quatrains reel Reprise Poem rhyme with line rhyming poem rhythm or rhyme RIDDLE POEM rondelet sestet set rhythm pattern Slowpoke stanza SWITCHEROO POEM syllables tackle box Tamera tercet triolet Winner wish a fish words worm