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The other day we were listening to two books for March Book Madness. One of them was called “The Book that Almost Rhymed,” and my students looked at me excitedly.
“You are going to LOVE this!” One of my kids told me, brightly smiling.
See, my kids know that I love rhyming. In fact, they think I might be the world’s best rhymer. (Shhh… it’s okay if they keep thinking that. I’m fine with that. . . ) They cheer for me when they hear any rhymes. This actually makes sense, because I do like to collect fun rhymes.
By “collect,” I mean I like to smile or laugh, repeat the rhyme a few times, and then accidentally forget it forever more.
We started to get ready to listen to the book, and we heard the title again, “The Book that Almost Rhymed,”
That same bright smiling student shook her head with empathy. She looked at me and said, “I wish it would — for you Ms. Gabriel.”
On a Thought 
Ah, that ending is a heart tugger. I have The Book that Almost Rhymed. It’s one of the books we read for the NCTE Children’s Poetry Awards last year. I think I included it in my Nerdy Book Club post about humorous poetry books in December, but I’m not sure.
it’s so lovely that they’ll think of you for the next x years every time they make a rhyme 🙂
That is so stinkin’ sweet! So special when teachers and kids know each other that well! Thanks so much for sharing!
I can feel the love in your classroom community. You and your students are so blessed.