All the World

Comprised as a simple poetry book for students, All the World is a Caldecott Honor Book written by Liz Garton Scanlon and illustrated by Marla Frazee in 2009.  Interestingly enough, when reading through this story I realized that the author does not use periods to end sentences.  The text is one continuous phrase that designates the end of sentences by using rhyming words to complete each phrase.  The poem discusses items that make the world complete and each rhyming phrase is varies from one another.  For example, the text discusses the world being old and new and relates it through a rhyme to young children and their grandparents.  This story would best be used in a lower grades elementary classroom as it serves as an introduction to poetry through its basic text structure.  Students could even be encouraged to create rhymes of their own depicting things that make the world special to them.  As a Caldecott Honor Book, the pictures within this story supplement the text as one could analyze the pictures in order to better understand the story. Take a look at one of the picture spreadsheets below!