Title: Otto the Owl Who Loved Poetry

Author: Vern Kousky

Illustrator: Vern Kousky

Copyright date: 2015

Publisher: Penguin Group

Summary: Otto is a little owl who has a big love for poetry. He loves to read poetry and recite it. Unfortuantely for Otto, the other owls don't really care about poetry and make fun of him for his passion. Otto runs away and on his journey, he learns that it is important to stand up for what you care about. Otto meets new friends who also appreciate his passion and him as a person.

Media for illustration: Mixed media assembled on a computer

Perfect student: This book is great for young readers who are just beginning to learn about poetry. It includes quotes from many famous poems, which would help young readers understand the foregrounding of language that sets poetry apart from other forms of literature.

Common Core State Standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.5 Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to the structural elements of poems (e.g., verse, rhythm, meter) and drama (e.g., casts of characters, settings, descriptions, dialogue, stage directions) when writing or speaking about a text.

This book works well with this standard because, as a great introduction to poetry, it can be used to highlight the different type of language used in poetry.