The Gingerbread Man: Loose in the School
A review and analysis of the meter, rhyme and story elements in the picture book The Gingerbread Man: Loose in the School by Laura Murray, illustrated by Mike Lowery.
• Confused by Stressed and Unstressed syllables?
• Need to brush up on a few poetic terms?
• Iambs and Anapests giving you a headache?
• Hate to learn or teach with all that heavy, boring text?
• Need help finding a publisher for your children’s story?
• Not entirely sure what Meter IS?
If you want to write a great children’s story or poem, there are things you should know…
• About the publishing industry
• About rhyme and meter
• About plots and themes
If you’re a teacher, you know that people learn best with images and examples.
This site is broken down into low-text, image based tutorials that make rhyme and
meter easy to grasp in a short period of time. Rhyme and meter aren’t that complicated.
They just need to be presented in a way that lets you see how they’re put together.