Mirror, Mirror by: Marilyn Singer

Mirror, Mirror is a picture book of poems.  Each page has two poems on the page.  The poems are versions of the classic fairy tales that kids read like Rapunzel.  The poem on the left is a normal poem telling the story from beginning to end.  While the poem on the right is the poem telling the story from end to beginning.  There are also two illustrations to go with the two poems.  It is a really cool picture book that students would like.

This book would be great to use to teach students about poems especially since it is about fairy tales that students know and they can already kind of know the tale but just see it in poem format.  The teacher can show students the poem as an example.  As an activity I would have students pick a fairy tale and have them write about it in poem format and then do the same thing except this time from end to the beginning like in the book Mirror, Mirror.  They could also add illustrations to their poems.  I love this book and think it is great for the classroom.