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Dr. Seuss, Jack Prelutsky
A hilarious story about all the pupils and teachers at Diffendoofer School, written with all of Dr. Seuss's classic trademark wit.
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Jack Prelutsky
Twelve poems featuring a vampire, werewolf, ghoul, and other monsters.
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From Ankylosaurus ( built like a tank ) to Brachiosaurus, who ( had nothing to co but stand with its head in the treetops and chew ), Prelutsky presents the…
Meet 12 creatures straight out of your worst nightmares. They may be hideous and horrific, but these poems about them are tantalizing and terrific. All are perfect for reading aloud…
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Come march with the Skeleton Parade, visit a haunted house, or just bob for apples with 13 delightfully spooky poems celebrating the tricks and treats of Halloween. Makes a lively…
A collection of humorous poems such as The Dancing Hippopotami, You Can’t Make Me Eat That, My Father’s Name is Sasquatch, and Dear Wumbledeedumble. .
These 12 easy-to-read poems by Children’s Poet Laureate Prelutsky treat readers to a funny and festive look at their favorite holiday traditions, from choosing the perfect tree to seeing Santas…
Haiku-like poems describe a variety of animals.
It’s Christmas! Merry Christmas! Here are twelve funny, silly, sweet, and very merry poems to celebrate the season.
From master of rhyme Jack Prelutsky comes a flurry of winter poetry just right to usher in the season of ice and snow.
America’s Children’s Poet Laureate Prelutsky and ALA Notable Book illustrator Abolafia ( Harry in Trouble ) team up for this volume of 16 rollicking rhymes that shows how a child’s…
A collection of humorous poems such as The Dancing Hippopotami , You Can’t Make Me Eat That , My Father’s Name is Sasquatch , and Dear Wumbledeedumble .
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School has never been so much fun! When your science homework eats your dog, you spend lunch dodging flying food, and your backpack weighs a thousand pounds, you know you’ve…
From suspicious hot lunches (yuck!), to pop quizzes (oh, no!), to recess and best friends (hooray!), everything you love–and love to hate–about school is front and center in this collection…
Prelutsky has been messing with words, tickling sentences, and reveling in rhymes for years. In this anecdotal, informative, and funny book, America’s Children’s Poet Laureate shares his writing tips with…
Accompanied by a CD with classic performances by the Children’s Poet Laureate himself, this lushly illustrated collection of more than 100 poems spans Prelutsky’s 45-year career. It includes 15 brand-new…
Discover five fearless flying hot dogs, a bicycle-riding fish, a ghost who’s lost his Boo!, and many more irresistible characters in more than 100 sidesplitting poems by national bestselling poet…
A collection of sixteen humorous poems about such strange creatures as the stardine, slobster, and magpipe.
Over 100 hilarious poems about strange creatures and people–from jellyfish stew to a bouncing mouse, and a boneless chicken. The illustrations bring a frivolity to a fever pitch .–School Library…
Started by Seuss, finished by Prelutsky, and illustrated by Lane Smith, Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! is a joyous ode to individuality. The story stars an unsinkable teacher named Miss Bonkers…
Dragons of all sizes, shapes, and varieties all spring to life in these enchanting poems and paintings. Full color.
Prelutsky’s signature humor in verse is coupled with stylized watercolors by 2006 Caldecott Medal winner Raschka in this collection of exhilarating rhymes capture the range of emotions that children experience…
Illustrated in brilliant watercolors, a collection of more than 200 poems are featured, written by such modern poets as Ted Hughes, Karla Kiskin, Eve Merriam and Shel Silverstein.
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…
From the first Thanksgiving feast to Daddy’s football game to the inevitable leftovers, here are 12 poems from Children’s Poet Laureate Prelutsky sure to enrich even the tastiest of holidays…
From the gifted creators of the outrageously popular The New Kid on the Block and Something Big Has Been Here comes yet another wondrously rich, varied, clever–and always funny–collection of…
I am the only ME I AMwho qualifies as me;no ME I AM has been before,and none will ever be.
Three very different children reveal their individual…
Prelutksy offers an anthology of poems on ten popular subjects by well-known poets and combines each subject with his own poem starts, inviting the reader to complete the poem. Consumable.
Jack Prelutsky,Peter Sis
Welcome to the world of scranimals in this original and surprising picture book, where nothing is as it seems–especially the scrambled animals. Full color.
Taking a swipe at stuffiness, this sly collection shows Prelutsky’s robust appreciation of the absurd. Humour at its best from one of America’s funniest poets.
A wonderfully rich, varied, funny and clever collection. Humour at its best from one of America’s funniest poets.
Jack Prelutsky,James Stevenson
Children’s Poet Laureate Prelutsky once again teams up with illustrator Stevenson for this collection of more than 100 poems and pictures that’s sure to make young readers giggle with delight…
The master of silliness releases 17 poems that introduce oddly wonderful and uniquely skilled creatures who are combinations of animals and inanimate objects: ballpoint penguins, a spatuloon, a tubaboon, and…
A collection of more than 200 short poems by both known and anonymous American and English authors.
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Twelve funny, easy-to-read poems celebrate the ups and downs of the Christmas season. Plenty of Christmas cheer and warmth –The Horn Book. Color illustrations.
A MULBERRY BOOK which recounts a trip around America accompanied by a host of zany creatures, such as a purple penguin, Buntington Bunny, and the baboons of Kalamazoo. Illustrated in…
The creator of The New Kid on the Block and the illustrator of Charlotte’s Web have created a nursery world, peopled with unforgettable characters. Full-color illustrations.
More than 550 poems by American, English, and anonymous authors.