Poetry: If You Could Wear My Sneaker

If You Could Wear My Sneakers  is a book that talks about children's rights throughout the various poems the author created as a partner with UNICEF. The nonsense verses are conveys through the voices of the various animals  in a funny way discussing the serious subject of the rights of children to an education, adequate food, shelter and health care, safety, privacy, fair treatment, freedom of speech and protection from war throughout the authors playful verses and cartoons. I personally think the poems are very witty and have strong meanings behind their playful appearance and would use this book in my future classroom as it is based on the United Nations Convention on Rights of the Child .

* If these were to be used in a Deaf education classroom using ASL they would need alot of practicing and translation as the words in English are wacky, let alone ASL ! Not easy to sign ! *

Here is my favorite poem: 

If you were me And I were you For just a day Or maybe two Then maybe you And maybe me Would see the me That you were tooBecause... The you I see You try to be Never ever Speaks to me

See... If you knew The me I am Or I could know The you you be I think we would Eventually Discover we liked Broccoli!Yeah... We could form The broccoli bunch Invite each other Out to lunch Share our little Broccoli trees Cover them With melted cheese

But... You pass me by Without a smile As if I were A crocodile Then look the other Way in case You see the me That's in my face If you could wear my sneakers (You might have to plug your nose) And if I could wear your shoes (Even if they crunched my toes) Maybe we could see the us We never got to meet The you and me That might have found More broccoli To eat

By Sheree Fitch

( The poem was to little to read via scan but the picture is clear as can be) I will bring this tomorrow !