Home on the Range: John A. Lomax and His Cowboy Songs by Deborah Hopkinson and S.D. Schindler, ill. New York:G.P.Putnam’s Sons, 2009. 978-0299-23996-0

      Annotation: John Avery Lomax began writing down the songs he loved that he heard the cowboys singing along the Chisholm Trail.

Media: watercolor

    Rating:  5th-7th 5Q/3P

Literary Device: Rhyme, Alliteration, Repetition (in copied lyrics)

Curriculum Connection: Upper Elementary; An auxiliary material to teach history and culture through the lives of those who live it.

Rhyme - 

There are many rhymes in the lyrics printed in Home on the Range.For example, “O graze along, doggies, and feed kinda slow, And don’t forever be on the go.”

Alliteration –

    Embedded in the narrative, Home on the Range makes lilting use of this favorite literary device: “The Lomax family farm was nestled near a river.”

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