Welcome to the Haiku Zoo!
Meet
Tiger
, the second animal we'll visit on our trip to the
Haiku Zoo
. Featuring fantastic illustrations from
Dunstan Carter
and stunning
Haiku
from
Mark Watson
, here comes a brand new twist on the short, Japanese poetry form, the
. A delightful new animal books series by
, author of the multi-award-winning, bestselling children's picture books "
Milo & Ze
", "
The Shark in the Park
The Travelling Circus
" and "
The Hairy Fairy
".
What is a Haiku?
A Haiku is a very short poem with only three lines.To understand how a Haiku works we need to know what a syllable is.A syllable is a unit of pronunciation, a piece of a word.Each piece is one vowel sound, ignoring the consonants.So, "
Lion
" has two syllables.
"
Boom
" has one syllable.
Integrity
" has four syllables.
Now we know what a syllable is the next thing we need to know is the form of a Haiku.A Haiku must only have
three
lines.
Each line has a number of syllables.The first line has
FIVE
syllables.
The second line has
SEVEN
The third line also only has
So a Haiku has a total of only
SEVENTEEN
Hooray, we know what a Haiku is, when you finish reading the Haiku Zoo there are some exercises to do at the back and some activities to do with your friends in the classroom.
Welcome to the Haiku Zoo...