1. BIBLIOGRAPHY Prelutsky, Jack. 2002. THE FROG WORE RED SUSPENDERS. Ill. by Petra Mathers. New York, NY: Harper Childrens. ISBN 0688167195
2. PLOT SUMMARY
A collection of rhyming poems, including “Red Horse, White Horse, Black Horse, Gray,” “I’m a Little Brown Toad,” and “Seven Snails and Seven Snakes.”
A collection of rhyming poems, including “Red Horse, White Horse, Black Horse, Gray,” “I’m a Little Brown Toad,” and “Seven Snails and Seven Snakes.”
3. CRITICAL ANALYSIS
Jack Prelutsky is at his best with this collection of twenty eight fanciful humorous poems. The writing is fun and students will enjoy this collection for years to come. Prelutsky uses rhyme extensively, but still crafts passages that don’t sound forced. “In Tuscaloosa, after dark, the donkeys gathered in the park. The ducks and chickens came along, and an old-time band played an old-time song.”
Prelutsky also masters using onomatopoeia with pigs squealing, ducks quacking and donkeys braying in the poem “In Tuscaloosa”. Repetition is used effectively throughout the collection. For example, in “There Was a Tiny Baker,” the word tiny describes everything. Students will enjoy hearing the familiar word “tiny” used many times. Teachers could change their tone for even more drama.
Mathers’ illustrations will persuade young readers to pick up this book. Her pictures are big and bold. They complement the text but don’t overpower it.
4. REVIEW EXCERPT(S)
BOOKLIST: " The large-size book is spacious in design, great for reading aloud, and Mathers is at her best with double-page watercolors that combine farce and silliness with clear, precise characters and landscapes that range from one small hen's awe-inspiring view of the Grand Canyon to a tender close-up of an old owl in a silent forest.”
SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL: “The prolific poet is back with an illustrator who matches him in freshness and simplicity. The poems offer vivid glimpses of life; have a beginning, middle, and end; and have a clear underlying music and flow.”
5. CONNECTIONS
* Read other Prelutsky collections, like THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK and IT’S RAINING PIGS and NOODLES.
* Perform a line-around activity with “I Went to the Store.” Each student volunteer can take a line to read-aloud.
SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL: “The prolific poet is back with an illustrator who matches him in freshness and simplicity. The poems offer vivid glimpses of life; have a beginning, middle, and end; and have a clear underlying music and flow.”
5. CONNECTIONS
* Read other Prelutsky collections, like THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK and IT’S RAINING PIGS and NOODLES.
* Perform a line-around activity with “I Went to the Store.” Each student volunteer can take a line to read-aloud.
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