America is...- Single Poem Picture Book

America is... is a collection of poems that all come together to tell one story. It tells what America is, but each page is about a new topic. It starts off describing how America is the nation that stands for freedom and we all call home. The next page describes the fifteen states and the difference between some of them. It then goes on to talk about the American Flag and what the stars and stripes represent. I think that this was a very effective way of putting the story together. Even though it is a poem, it also contains quite a bit of factual information about America. I thought that it was a very heartwarming story and does a good job of representing our country. It also is not what people think of as a typical poem. It does not contain rhyming, which makes it a good way to introduce a new form of poetry to children. They should know that not all poems have to rhyme. I think that some of the poems that don't rhyme are actually better than ones that do because the writer is not left struggling to look for a word that rhymes, even though it may not be the best fit. I think that this should be a book that incorporated into any social studies class that is learning about our great homeland.