Fireflies at Midnight By Marilyn Singer

Personally, summer time is one of my favorite seasons. In my opinion, summer includes baseball games, hotdogs, bubble gum pieces and playing outside at night among the fireflies. This picture book includes a variety of poems about the numerous creatures that come out during summer. Singer includes poems about frogs, butterflies, foxes, fireflies and so on. Additionally, these poems are organized by when these creatures come out of their habitats. For example, the robin poem is included in the beginning of the book because it appears around dawn. I believe this book would be a great way to introduce poetry and nature in the classroom. Not only do these poems encourage children to read poetry, but these poems also encourage students to examine the aesthetic beauty of nature.