If You Were a Chocolate Mustache, poems by J. Patrick Lewis and drawings by Matthew Cordell

If You Were a Chocolate Mustache is a delightful collection of poems written by J. Patrick Lewis. His collection is comprised of riddles and rhymes, limericks and haikus, concrete and story poems too! With a fun, whimsical, and nonsense style of writing. Lewis captures readers with humor, imagination, and intrigue of how he can turn ordinary people and daily occurrences into something fantastic!

This is an excellent introduction to a poetry unit, a great read aloud for National Poetry Month which is celebrated each April, and a great mentor text for creative writing.

The illustrations by Matthew Cordell are exaggerated and amusing. The black and white illustrations posses all those entertaining and lively characteristics similar to those of Shel Silverstein. It is a poetry book that you can read again and again, with so many teachable lessons in alliteration, poetry form, creativity, onomatopoeia, and so much more!

I invite you to read this book to your little ones and I guarantee your experience will include smiles, laughter, and play with your childlike imagination!