Smelly Locker Silly Dilly School Songs: Illustrator Study

Smelly Locker Silly Dilly School Songs, written by Alan Katz and illustrated by David Catrow
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books/An imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division

Pages: 30
Genre: Picture Book - Poetry/Songs - Illustrator Study
Rating: Thumbs Up!!

Once again, the author has created an hilarious pile of poetic funnies for children. This time the author chooses to address the sometimes unspoken funnies of school children. In this collection of singing poetry the author discusses summer vacation, oral reports, passing notes, math facts, recess, lost and found, lunch time, picture day, music class, hall passes, homework -- and more!! Whew! The tunes used this time vary from, "Miss Mary Mack", to "Oh! Suzanna" and "Frere Jacques".

Fun, fun, fun is all over these books. Here is another "Thumbs Up!!" rating from me. The songs are laughable and children will be able to identify with the different topics covered. This book could even use this in the classroom as a creative writing project where the student have to write a silly poetic song to one of their favorite tunes, after being exposed to this literature. There are many ideas that come to mind in using this fun collection.