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A boy who turns into a TV set and a girl who eats a whale are only two of the characters in a collection of humorous poetry illustrated with the author's own drawings.

2) My dog may be a genius: poems

Author

Prelutsky, Jack

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Book, eAudiobook

Description

Have you ever encountered an underwater marching band, a pig in a bathing suit, a pet orangutan, or a witch in a hardware store? Have you ever sat with a skunk in a courtroom, shopped for a dinosaur, or conversed with a Bupple, a Wosstrus, a Violinnet, or a Celloon? You will have, once you've read this exuberant collaboration from Jack Prelutsky and his "partner in crime" James Stevenson. The "reigning czars of silliness" have once again teamed up...

3) Hypnotize a tiger: poems about just about everything

Author

Brown, Calef

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"Moving away from the picture book format offers Calef the opportunity to tackle a variety of themes and poetry styles as well as reach a slightly older audience along the lines of Doug Florian and Shel Silverstein. The book is chock-full of Calef's zany black-and-white artwork and features his ... inventive characters and worlds--from the 'completely nonviolent and silent' Lou Gnome to Percival, the impetuous (and none-too-sensible) lad who believes...

4) The new kid on the block: poems

Author

Prelutsky, Jack

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

Humorous poems about such strange creatures and people as Baloney Belly Billy and the Gloopy Gloopers.

5) A light in the attic

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Publisher

Harper

Pub. Date

Description

A collection of humorous poems and drawings. This special edition contains twelve new poems.

6) Langston Hughes

Author

Hughes, Langston

Series

Poetry for young people

Description

An illustrated collection of twenty-six poems by noted African-American poet Langston Hughes. Contains a detailed introduction and biography, as well as brief notes accompanying each poem.

7) A giraffe and a half

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From Shel Silverstein, the New York Times bestselling author of Where the Sidewalk Ends and The Giving Tree, comes a riotous rhyming picture book about a boy and his giraffe! Featuring rhythmic verse and iconic illustrations, A Giraffe and a Half will surely leave every reader, young and old, laughing until the very end. Beloved for over fifty years, this classic captures Silverstein's signature humor and style. If you had a giraffe and he stretched...

8) Every thing on it

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The second original book to be published since Silverstein's passing in 1999, this poetry collection includes more than one hundred and thirty never-before-seen poems and drawings completed by the cherished American artist and selected by his family from his archives.

9) The proper way to meet a hedgehog: and other how-to poems

Publisher

Candlewick Press

Pub. Date

2019.

Description

A collection of poetry for children by several different authors.

10) After the bell rings: poems about after-school time

Author

Shields, Carol Diggory

Publisher

Dial Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

2015

Description

A collection of rhyming poems describes what kids do after the school bell rings.

11) Hard-boiled bugs for breakfast: and other tasty poems

Author

Prelutsky, Jack

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook

Description

Classic Children's Storybooks

"More than 100 funny new poems from Jack Prelutsky, the nation's first children's poet laureate, in a wide array of poetic forms, from haiku to concrete poems and everything in between, and hilariously illustrated in black-and-white on every page"--

12) The night before Christmas

Author

Moore, Clement Clarke

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook

Description

"A funny, over-the-top new spin on the classic Christmas poem! A hysterical new version of "The Night Before Christmas"! David Ercolini's over-the-top illustrations will have readers saying, "Ho! Ho! Ho!" Creatures of all shapes and all sizes will be stirring with laughter in this overly decked out, Christmas-splendored illustrated picture book! Ercolini breathes new life into an unrivaled classic with his vibrant illustrations featuring fun, accessible...

13) Pug and other animal poems

Author

Worth, Valerie

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Description

In the follow-up to the well-received “Animal Poems”, “Pug: And Other Animal Poems” examines a wide range of animal behavior, from the fleetingness of a fly sipping spilled milk to the constant steely presence of a powerful bull; the greedy meal of a street rat to a cat's quiet gift of a dead mouse on the doorstep. Steve Jenkins's bright collage art brings these small moments to life.

14) Bedtime, here I come!

Author

Steinberg, David

Series

Here I come!

Publisher

Grosset & Dunlap

Pub. Date

2024.

Description

A collection of poems detailing bedtime routines, from picking up toys to using the potty.

15) Halloween howls: holiday poetry

Series

An I can read book

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

Pub. Date

c2005

16) My America: a poetry atlas of the United States

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

c2000

Description

A collection of poems evocative of seven geographical regions of the United States, including the Northeast, Southeast, Great Lakes, Plains, Mountain, Southwest, and Pacific Coast States.

17) Here's a little poem: a very first book of poetry

Publisher

Candlewick Press

Pub. Date

2007

18) Poem-mobiles: crazy car poems

Author

Lewis, J. Patrick

Publisher

Schwartz & Wade Books

Pub. Date

c2014

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