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The Book of Nonsense
The Floating Press 2008; US$ 4.99Edward Lear (1812 - 1888) was an English writer of nonsense, the most famous piece of which is The Owl and the Pussycat . He is also credited with popularizing the limerick, though there was some speculation as to whether his patron, the Earl of Derby, simply used Lear as a pseudonym for his own writings. Lear was also a successful illustrator and... more...
A Dash of Expectation
SynergEbooks 2009; US$ 7.98These accessible poems take you into the classroom where you will find triumph and defeat; spirit and apathy; laughter and tears; pettiness and heroics, sometimes all in the same day. more...
Rhyme Stew
Penguin Books Ltd 2008; Not AvailableA collection of ribald rhymes featuring characters from fairy tales,fables and nursery rhymes - as you've never seen them before! From the tortoise and the hare and Hansel and Gretel to Ali Baba and Aladdin, these traditional stories will never seem the same again once you have had a taste of Roald Dahl's hilarious verse and Quentin Blake's suitably... more...
Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 5.99Have 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... more...
What's the Weather Inside?
Margaret K. McElderry Books 2009; US$ 17.99Here are more than 120 hysterical, philosophical, rhetorical, and commonsensical poems and pictures that explore the perfectly not-so-perfect world of picky kids, Miss Muffet's revenge, magic homework wands, yellow snow, and Sunday's sundaes! New York Times bestselling author Karma Wilson and renowned New Yorker cartoonist Barry Blitt have created... more...
Honeybee
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 13.99Honey. Beeswax. Pollinate. Hive. Colony. Work. Dance. Communicate. Industrious. Buzz. Sting. Cooperate. Where would we be without them? Where would we be without one another? In eighty-two poems and paragraphs, Naomi Shihab Nye alights on the essentials of our time?our loved ones, our dense air, our wars, our memories, our planet?and leaves us... more...
Wicked Girls
HarperCollins 2010; US$ 13.99From Printz Honor winner and Your Own, Sylvia author Stephanie Hemphill comes this fictionalized account of the Salem Witch trials from three of the real young women living in Salem in 1692. Ann Putnam Jr. is the queen bee. When her father suggests a spate of illnesses in the village is the result of witchcraft, she puts in motion a chain of events... more...
Tighty Whitey Spider
Sourcebooks, Inc. 2010; US$ 8.99Its Official:Kids want more of Kenn Nesbitts sidesplitting poetry. They cant get enough of his clever wordplay, wonderful imagery, and zany rhymes. more...
A Dime a Dozen
Penguin Group US 1998; US$ 17.99Celebrated author Nikki Grimes turns her soulful, searching gaze to themes of destiny and determination sure to strike a chord in anyone going through the difficult, joyous struggle of growing up. Reflecting on her own childhood experiences, she offers twenty-eight poems exploring the pleasures and pains of charting your own path?and taking a few lumps... more...
Stop Pretending
HarperCollins 2011; US$ 7.99It happens just like that, in the blink of an eye. An older sister has a mental breakdown and has to be hospitalized. A younger sister is left behind to cope with a family torn apart by grief and friends who turn their backs on her. But worst of all is the loss of her big sister, her confidante, her best friend, who has gone someplace no one can reach.... more...









