You can teach haiku if you want, but it is still a fun guessing book without it.

I enjoyed reading this book for various reasons. The writing in this book is amazing! The book is poetry, haikus to be exact. Each page has a haiku describing an animal that you have to guess The animal is on the next page and then the next page is another haiku describing a particular animal. I enjoyed the writing so much because not only is it in haiku form, it keeps you engaged and guessing whats next. The language goes along with the writing in order to make this poetry book work. The language is descriptive, it describes each animal well so you know what animal to guess. The language is also patterned because before you flip to each page it says, " Can you guess who from his haiku?" The big picture in this book is the way animals can be described in a guessing game using poetry. ( )

This book is a very good tool for students are beginning to examine poetry. The book looks like any other picture book while riddled with haiku's that help the reader predict what will be on the next page. Students get to learn about poetry in an interesting way that allows them to use clues to make predictions. I think this book would be an effective way to present poetry to first time readers in a way that is not intimidating to the reader. ( )

Haiku's are one the very first forms of Poetry that students are introduced to school and this book is great pairing to what students may already be learning in class. The poems range from smart and witty to sweet. There are a couple that are duds but overall I think this book is great for introducing students to the format and possibilities Haiku poems have to offer

In a series of ten haikus, each presented by the previous animal, the young reader is asked to guess the creature under discussion in the poem. The initial haiku - "new day on the farm / muffled mooing announces / a fresh pail of milk" - is followed by those which lead to a bee, a bird, a horse, and eventually to the young reader/listener themselves.

A fun interactive book, one which involves the reader in a guessing game, Guess Who, Haiku is also a lighthearted introduction to the haiku poetry form, which, as the author observes in her afterword, is intended to involve play. The colorful, cartoon-like artwork by Bob Shea, creator of Ballet Cat and Dinosaur, is well-suited to the entertaining nature of the text. Recommended to those looking for fun poetry titles for toddlers and younger children. ( )