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 The 20th Century Children’s Poetry Treasury
ISBN 0679893148 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 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 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 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!
 The New Kid On the Block
Greenwillow Hardcover ISBN 0688022715
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.
 A
Pizza The Size of The Sun
ISBN 0688132359 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.
 It's Raining Pigs and Noodles
ISBN 006029194X 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."
 Something
Big Has Been Here
ISBN 0688064345 Green Willow Hardcover 160
pgs
WB Price: $33.95(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"
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