Sol A Sol

by: Lori Marie Carlson

Bilingual poems that are written side by side in English and Spanish come together in a great collection. The poems are mostly about family and are composed in free verse form. This would be great to use in an ESL classroom and might inspire kids to write their own side by side poems. The illustrations in this book are especially vital to helping the reader figure out what some of the words in English or Spanish are - this would be a fun activity for a class that is not ESL - give them the Spanish side and see if they can figure out from the picture clues what the poem might be saying. I think that this would be fabulous for a poetry unit for young children because the poems are not complex and they can help children see how to write poetry that relates them personally.

Ages: 4-7