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Jack Prelutsky
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"Open this book to any page to begin your exploration. Here are poems about things that you may never have thought about before. You'll be introduced to jellyfish stew, a bouncing mouse, a ridiculous dog, and a boneless chicken. You'll learn why you shouldn't argue with a shark, eat a dinosaur, or have an alligator for a pet. You'll meet the world's worst singer and the greatest video game player in history. You'll even find an invitation to a dragon's...
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A collection of humorous poetry on a variety of topics. Here is another wondrously rich, varied, clever - and always funny - collection. Meet Miss Misinformation, Swami Gourami, and Gladiola Gloppe (and her Soup Shoppe), and delight in a backwards poem, a poem that ever ends, and scores of others that will be changed, read, and loved by readers of every age. The Prelutsky-Stevenson duo is irresistible. Whether you begin at the beginning or just open...
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Homework (oh, dear!), music, a field trip (hooray!), science, spelling (gasp!), gym, a noisy mistake (oops!). And friends, books, recess, a food fight, math, the infirmary, a visit, history, art, show-and-tell . . . What a funny, outrageous, exciting, incredible, silly, extraordinary day it was at school! Are you ready to read all about it?
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Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2008
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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 collection of poems.
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Have you ever tried to write a poem about a pizza? How about a pig? How about a pigeon, penguin, potato, Ping-Pong, parrot, puppy, pelican, porcupine, pie, pachyderm, or your parents?
Jack Prelutsky has written more than one thousand poems about all of these things—and many others. In this book he gives you the inside scoop on writing poetry and shows you how you can turn your own experiences and stories about your
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Greenwillow Books
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Collects more than 100 of the popular author's poems, spanning his forty-five year career as a master funny-bone tickler and the bard of choice for elementary school children everywhere! Features a CD with classic performances by the poet himself. Listen as you read along with this book and CD set.
19) The wizard
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Greenwillow Books
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[2007], c1976
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An illustrated, rhyming tale of a wicked wizard and his evil deeds, as he uses "elemental sorcery" to change a bullfrog into a series of objects, from a flea to a flame.
