Tasty Baby Belly Buttons by Judy Sierra and Meilo So, ill. New York: Dragonfly, 2001.  0-7569-0857-4 

Annotation: In this Japanese folk tale, Urikohime, a girl born from a melon, battles the monstrous onis, who steal babies to eat their tasty belly buttons.

Media: watercolor

Rating: 5th-8th 5Q/4P

Literary Device: Alliteration, Rhyme, Repetition

Repetition –

    “Belly buttons, Belly buttons, Tasty baby bell buttons!” is repeated over and over again throughout the story to emphasize the fear the monsters who kidnapped children for their favorite treat evoked.

lvanburen/06-09