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A boy who turns into a TV set and a girl who eats a whale are only two of the characters in a collection of humorous poetry illustrated with the author's own drawings. Come in - for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's world begins. The Unicorn and the Bloath live there, and so does Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take the garbage out. It is a place where you wash your shadow and plant diamond gardens, a place where shoes fly, sisters...
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A collection of humorous poetry on a variety of topics. Here is another wondrously rich, varied, clever - and always funny - collection. 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. The Prelutsky-Stevenson duo is irresistible. Whether you begin at the beginning or just open...
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Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
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The sixth in James Stevenson's series of "Corn Books" is fat, full,robust, healthy, and full of energy. But don't worry, this sixth entry is also wry, magical, surprising, witty, and subversive. Twenty-five brand-new Stevenson poems paired with signature Stevenson pictures.
11) Walt Whitman
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English
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An illustrated collection of twenty-six poems and excerpts from longer poems by the renowned nineteenth-century poet.
12) Canto familiar
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Publisher
Harcourt Brace & Co
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Twenty-five poems about the pleasures and woes that Mexican American children experience growing up.
14) Scranimals
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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An illustrated collection of poems about the mysterious creatures--jumbles of birds, beasts, vegetables, and flowers--that populate Scranimal Island.
16) Carl Sandburg
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English
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Presents a collection of poems by the beloved American author who, as a young man, travelled across the Midwest as a hobo. The surrealistic illustrations, which appear to be rendered in pastels, are appealing; the soft edges and warm tones work well with Sandburg's imaginary. The full-color illustrations are nothing short of breathtaking. Displays the range of everyday topics in which Sandburg found beauty, humor, or pathos. Unfamiliar words are helpfully...
18) Rebus riot
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Dial Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Description
Presents a collection of verses that use pictures in place of some words.
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