The 20th Century Children’s Poetry Treasury
ISBN 0679893148 EAN: 9780679893141 Knopf Hardcover
WB Price: $35.95
This millennium book of poetry features 211glorious poems from 137 famous and distinguished poets of the 20th century. The list includes Shel Silverstein, Jane Yolen, Eileen Spinelli, Jack Prelutsky, Robert Frost, Frank Asch .. Spectacular and every poetry lover’s dream. It’s beautifully illustrated too. Any child or adult who loves poetry will treasure and share this for a long time to come.28.55
cms L x 23.93 cms W (0.59 kgs) 96 pages
The Random House of Poetry for Children
ISBN 0394850106 EAN:
9780394850108 Random House Hardcover WB Price: $42.95 A whopping 572 poems are compiled here with creations from well-loved children authors like Else Minarik (Little Bear), Jack Prelutsky, Tolkien, Shel Silverstein, Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear. Great present for a 6-12 year old.28.55 cms L x 19.66 cms W (1.00 kgs) 256 pages
Read Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young
ISBN 0394872185 EAN:
9780394872186 Knopf Hardcover WB Price: $35.95 This collection of 200 poems is perfect to start preschoolers on poetry. Selected by renowned poet, Jack Prelutsky and illustrated by Marc Brown, this collection is a great intellectual leap from "Twinkle twinkle little stars" . But the simplicity and endearing quality of each will soon be recited as enthusiatically as "Twinkle." 30.28 cms L x 22.91 cms W (0.64 kgs) 112 pages
Insectlopedia Poems and Paintings
Voyager Paperback ISBN 0152163352
WB Price:
$13.95
27 poems on insects and
spiders in watercolours and collages. An example , the praying mantis "Upon
a twig/I sit and pray/For something big/To wend my way;/A caterpillar,/Moth,/or
bee--/I swallow them/Religiously." Educational and a delight to read and
admire the art.24.84 cms L x 25.5 cms W (0.23 kgs) 48 pages
In The Swim
ISBN 0152024379 EAN: 9780152024376 Voyager Paperback WB Price: $13.95
21 witty and imaginative poems and wispy paintings of marine creatures by artist/poet, Douglas Florian. Of the clam, he says, "as happy as a clam, but would you like to have to cram" and the manatee, "The manatee is not a man, it’s heavy as a minivan" and what about the piranhas, they are "long on teeth but short on manners." An audiovisual treat! 24.74
cms L x 24.87 cms W (0.22 kgs) 48 pages
The New Kid On the Block
Greenwillow Hardcover ISBN 0688022715 EAN: 9780688022716
WB Price: $33.95
Jack Prelutsky’s collection of over a 100 funny poems to light up a deary or
crummy day. He’ll tell you why you shouldn’t argue with a shark or eat a
dinosaur ... and invite you to a dragon’s party.23.75 cms L x 18.95 cms W
(0.68 kgs) 159 pages
A
Pizza The Size of The Sun
ISBN 0688132359 EAN:
9780688132354
Greenwillow
Hardcover WB Price: $33.95
Here is another
wondrously rich, varied, clever - and always funny - collection from Jack
Prelutsky. 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.Whether
you begin at the beginning or just open the book at random, you won't stop
smiling.23.70 cms L x 19.10 cms W (0.62 kgs) 160 pages
It's Raining Pigs and Noodles
ISBN 006029194X EAN: 9780060291945 Green Willow Hardcover WB Price: $33.95 Jack Prelutsky’s latest poetic tour de force is bursting with jokes, puns, plain silliness and dazzling wit. With over 100 poems such as "You Can’t Make Me Eat That" and "Dear Wumbledeedumble" , " My Parents have the Flu Today" and "I don’t want to" this should satisfy both young and young-at-heart poetry lovers. Here’s an excerpt from "I’ve turned into a Carrot", "..I look into the mirror and see I’m long and lean. I have an orange body, my hair is leafy green. A further complication compounds my current woe, a rabbit is approaching.. So long, I’ve got to go."
Hardcover : 23.75 cms L x 18.75 cms W (0.58 kgs) 160 pages ; Paperback
22.66 cms L x 18.62 cms W (0.43 kgs) 159 pages
Hardcover
$33.95
Something
Big Has Been Here
ISBN 0688064345 EAN: 9780688064341 Green Willow Hardcover WB Price: $34.95(4 and up)
Here are four vain and ancient tortoises, a rat of culture, Super Samson Simpson, a meat loaf that defies an ax, five flying hotdogs--and many, many more people, animals, and things that are destined to become part of the lives of everyone who loves to laugh. Say them, chant them, learn them by heart, or just read
them-- Jack Prelutsky's poems are incomparable. Over 100 poems.
Reviews: "Undeniably a winner with children."-- ALA "Booklist
","Prelutsky's new collection of over 100 funny poems will convert to poetry lovers many elementary readers, who will laugh knowingly at his outrageous exaggerations" -- "School Library Journal","His rhymes are infectious, his verses ineradicable." --" Kirkus Reviews","An unerring choice of subjects close to the hearts of children, a precise selection of the perfect word, and a ready humor are indisputably at his command."-- "The Horn Book"
23.47 cms L x 18.90 cms W (0.61 kgs) 160 pages
You
Read To Me, I'll Read To You
ISBN 0316013161 Megan Tingley Paperback
WB Price: $11.95
Seventeen familiar nursery rhyme characters take starring roles in the latest addition to this "New York Times" bestselling series. Each tale is set in three columns with color-coded type as a script for two voices to read separately and together.
Awards:
NAPPA Gold Awards | Winner | Ages 6-8 | 2004;
27.99 cms L x
16.8 cms W (0.16 kgs) 32 pages
My
Parents Think I'm Sleeping ( I Can Read Level 3)
ISBN 0060537221 EAN: 9780060537227 Harper Paperback
WB Price: $6.95 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 life actually
begins at bedtime.21.49 cms L x 14.94 cms W (0.09 kgs) 46 pages
Days Like These
ISBN 0763623148 Candlewick Paperback (7 to 9) WB Price: $11.95 "Days Like This a book celebration--whether it's the novelty of sleeping outdoors, the delight of picnicking on the beach, or the sheer joy of bouncing on the bed in the afternoon. These small poems, some familiar, some new, have been carefully selected by acclaimed author-illustrator Simon James, whose expressive line and watercolors portray an everyday
world overflowing with wonder and possibility.