City I Love By Lee Bennett Hopkins

I think that the cover is very catchy because of the giant read heart that surrounds the world Love in the title. I think that the font and design of each poem is very creative. There is no poem that has the words written out traditionally. The spacing, angle, direction of the words are arranged creatively that each embrace the poems. I think that having the poems each having a different appearance to them is beneficial to keep the readers attention and it adds another element to the poems. I enjoyed that some of the poems were told from animals. For example there is a poem written by a mother bird who is pleading to the sirens to be quiet for they are waking her newborn pigeons. I also enjoyed the title of the last poem because it is the title of the book. I felt that this little detail made the book become a whole, and tied the ideas together. I think that the illustrations were beautifully painted and included many great details from the poems. I would include this poem book in my classroom, especially if I teach in an urban setting.