Jack Prelutsky

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 family, your pets, and your friends...

"More than 100 funny new poems from Jack Prelutsky, the nation's first children's poet laureate, in a wide array of poetic forms, from haiku to concrete poems and everything in between, and hilariously illustrated in black-and-white on every page"--

Prelutsky presents tongue-twisting (but real) places to visit, such as Tuscaloosa and Winnemucca in these verses, and the result is this spree of 28 exuberantly illustrated poems.

A collection of humorous poetry on a variety of topics.

Humorous poems about such strange creatures and people as Baloney Belly Billy and the Gloopy Gloopers.

Presents poems about gargoyles, vampires, the bogeyman, gremlins, and other monsters.

An illustrated collection of humorous poems on a variety of topics.

A collection of more than 200 short poems by both known and anonymous American and English authors.