Awards

• Winner of Garden State Children's Book Awards (Children's Nonfiction) 1987

Overview

From beloved and bestselling poet Jack Prelutsky come over 100 hilarious poems about strange creatures and people—from jellyfish stew to a bouncing mouse, to the very unexpected new kid! For fans of Shel Silverstein and Louis Sachar's Wayside School series. “The illustrations bring the frivolity to a fever pitch.”—School Library Journal. 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 birthday party.... This playful collection is a wonderful introduction to the pleasures of poetry and word play from a master of the genre, Jack Prelutsky. “It’s the author’s joyous sense of the absurd that propels the reader from page to page.”—Horn Book (starred review)

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9780688022716

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A fine prescription against the blues at anytime of year. -- The Horn Book (starred review) A wealth of funny new verse from a favoritepoet...Hilarious black and white art. Another winner from this talented pair. -- Kirkus Reviews (pointered review) Here's a new treat for the multitudes who devoured The New Kid on the Block. -- ALA Booklist (starred review) Prelutsky loosens his agile imagination in words, while around the pages cavort Stevenson's interpretive line drawings, shimmy-shimmying to the beat. Terrific. -- Kirkus Reviews (pointered review) Prelutsky's predilection for playfulness percolates throughout this collection of slyly subversive rhymes, and he couldn't ask for a better partner in crime than Stevenson.... -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

It's the author's joyous sense of the absurd that propels the reader from page to page. -- Horn Book (starred review)

It's the author's joyous sense of the absurd that propels the reader from page to page. --Horn Book (starred review)

Author Information

Jack Prelutsky is the best-selling author of more than fifty books of poetry, including The New Kid on the Block, illustrated by James Stevenson, and Stardines Swim High Across the Sky, illustrated by Carin Berger. Jack Prelutsky lives in Washington State.

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