GUYKU A Year of Haiku for Boys
By Written by Bob Raczka Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds
Published in 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
48 pages -ages 4-9
I first read about this book on Alex Arthun’s blog The Librarianista and I thought –
“Hey, I am a guy
and I like to write Haiku
I need to read this”
So, I decided to review Guyku – In Haiku!!!
It goes from spring to
winter, with poems for each
season. You’d like it.
It has great haikus.
About losing grasshoppers
to counting snowflakes!
I hope you liked my
review. Why don’t you try to
write a GUYKU too?
The illustrations are as great as the Haikus in the book. It is fun to read and think of your own haiku. So even though the book is called Guyku, I think girls would like it too. In fact Mr. Raczka and Mr. Reynolds challenge girls to write Guykus, too (or Galkus). You should check out the website – it’s way cool. You can submit your Guykus, there’s a cool club, downloadable stuff and instructions to write Guykus!!!! Click HERE to go to the Guyky website! It’s a great way to introduce kids to poetry!
I give this book 4 out of 5 book worms!
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Categories: Age 1-5, Age 6-9, Good Books
GALkus are better
As they say Girls rule boys drool
unless they’re your Dad
OK here is my GUYku
I climb up a tree
The branches hide me so well
My Mom can’t find me
Sounds like a very good book. I never was good at writing haikus though. Too many rules. lol
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