Singer, M. (2010). Mirror, Mirror. NY: Dutton.
About the Book
Mirror, Mirror is a poetry book written about popular fairy tails. The book is a little different from traditional poems. Each poem is written in reverse of each other. My favorite one is Bears in the New's written about Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Identical words are written, in both poems, but each is flipped from the other. The message from each is a little different though, almost like one was written from the perspective of the Bears and the other from Goldilocks. I though the word choices was ingenious.
Visual Elements of Art Evaluation
Graphic Techniques – Each verse has a
unique picture that illustrates the reverse of the fairy tale. For example The
Doubtful Duckling has a picture cut into 4 parts and the swan and duckling are
patterned around the page opposite of each other in the four corners of the
print.
Literature Evaluative Criteria
Features of Sound – Each poem pair illuminates
different features of sound. Rhythm and rhyme are abundant. Some example of
rhymes are eat - sweet – treat, wood – hood, way – stay, etc…The verses are
very unique in the first one is said straightaway and the second one is the
reverse of the first. 
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