"Let me help you get some rest.
Mother knows best.
Listen to me,
Snow White.
Sleepy, Dopey, Happy,
you've been working day and night.
You look worn out.
A long nap?
A blanket?
An apple to eat?
What would you like?
Time to get off your feet?"
And the reverse poem is:
"Time to get off your feet.
What would you like?
An apple to eat?
A blanket?
A long nap?
You look worn out.
You've been working day and night.
Sleepy, dopey, happy
Snow White,
listen to me.
Mother knows best.
Let me help you get some rest."
The reversed poems are from the perspective of the other character (usually the villain) in the story. The fairy tales are traditional and include Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White, Jack and the Beanstalk, Hansel and Gretel, Rumpelstiltskin, The Frog Prince, and Beauty and the Beast. The illustrations are phenomenal! The pages are split in half to represent each poem respectively. The colors of the text are extremely bright and colorful. The pages are glossy and magical.They are full bleed and throw the reader right into the story. The use of line, contrast, and balance is absolutely perfect and every part of the illustration has meaning.
We begin our poetry unit next month and I plan on reading this text to my second graders. I think they will be amazed by the craft of writing that Singer used and equally enthralled with the illustrations! I know that most of them would love to attempt to write their own reverse poem just for fun.
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