A collection of clever poems about everyday objects. With three different kids going through their daily life recounting things in poetry together or separately. This book feels like a great introduction to poetry.

Dear Hot Dog is a collection of poems about everyday stuff such as clothing, the elements, food, household objects, and weather are all represented in these free verse poems accompanied by colorful acrylic paintings. ( )

"Dear Hot Dog: Poems About Everyday Stuff" offers a wide collection of free-verse poems that children see or use everyday. Offers many different examples of how poetry can be written however you choose, rhyming or not. Typically children view poetry as rhymes, so this is a great book to share with young readers to introduce different types of verse. Colorful illustrations to go along with each of the poems and text flows in different ways across the pages. Light: "Where do you go with it's dark? Back into light bulbs when I turn them off?" These poems will inspire questioning our day-to-day routines and objects we use all the time without thinking about it. The Caldecott Medal winning illustrator Mordicai Gerstein features multicultural children throughout the book in the colorful and smeary artwork. ( )

The art throughout this book is fun, colorful, and connects with each individual poem well. The
artist was thoughtful in his interpretation on what emotion the person is portraying. The
collection of poems in this book is everyday life related from food to socks. My favorite two
poems from this book is Hot Dog and Bowl. ( )

This collection of poems reflects on the wonder and awe of everyday objects such as a toothbrush, pants, the summer sun, and a hot dog. It provides a different view point on ordinary objects such as a cup giving liquids shape and how we become unfamiliar with our toes once winter comes.