Author: Michael RosenPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0140371370
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
A lively, funny anthology of nonsense verse, including some new poems by Michael Rosen. Age 8+ 64 pages
Silly Poems
Author: Paul CooksonPublisher: Hippo Bks
ISBN: 9780439959810
Category : Children's poetry, English
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
A ridiculously rib-tickling selection of the silliest poems ever written. Paul Cookson has compiled a collection of verse old and new which will have you clutching your sides and gagging for more...|
Very Bad Poetry
Author: Kathryn PetrasPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0679776222
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Writing very bad poetry requires talent. It helps to have a wooden ear for words, a penchant for sinking into a mire of sentimentality, and an enviable confidence that allows one to write despite absolutely appalling incompetence. The 131 poems collected in this first-of-its-kind anthology are so glaringly awful that they embody a kind of genius. From Fred Emerson Brooks' "The Stuttering Lover" to Matthew Green's "The Spleen" to Georgia Bailey Parrington's misguided "An Elegy to a Dissected Puppy", they mangle meter, run rampant over rhyme, and bludgeon us into insensibility with their grandiosity, anticlimax, and malapropism. Guaranteed to move even the most stoic reader to tears (of laughter), Very Bad Poetry is sure to become a favorite of the poetically inclined (and disinclined).
I'm Just No Good at Rhyming
Author: Chris HarrisPublisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316266590
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The instant New York Times bestseller featured on NPR's Weekend Edition with Scott Simon! B. J. Novak (bestselling author of The Book With No Pictures) described this groundbreaking poetry collection as "Smart and sweet, wild and wicked, brilliantly funny--it's everything a book for kids should be." Lauded by critics as a worthy heir to such greats as Silverstein, Seuss, Nash and Lear, Harris's hilarious debut molds wit and wordplay, nonsense and oxymoron, and visual and verbal sleight-of-hand in masterful ways that make you look at the world in a whole new wonderfully upside-down way. With enthusiastic endorsements from bestselling luminaries such as Lemony Snicket, Judith Viorst, Andrea Beaty, and many others, this entirely unique collection offers a surprise around every corner. Adding to the fun: Lane Smith, bestselling creator of beloved hits like It's a Book and The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, has spectacularly illustrated this extraordinary collection with nearly one hundred pieces of appropriately absurd art. It's a mischievous match made in heaven! "Ridiculous, nonsensical, peculiar, outrageous, possibly deranged--and utterly, totally, absolutely delicious. Read it! Immediately!" --Judith Viorst, bestselling author of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Silly Verse for Kids
Author: Spike MilliganPublisher: Puffin
ISBN: 9780141362984
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
EDUCATIONAL: ENGLISH LITERATURE. This is a collection of the absurd, ridiculous, sublime and characteristically anarchic verse from the brilliant Spike Milligan. With his very own illustrations, this collection, which includes the famous On the Ning Nang Nong will make you laugh from the bottom of your belly - just like Spike did. Ages 9+.
Animal Trunk
Author: Charles GhignaPublisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9780810942004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
This collection of 15 simple poems about such animals as donkeys, cows, giraffes, monkeys, kittens, and goats is complemented by bold, vibrantly colored pictures.
Silly Poems for Wee People
Author: Chas StramashPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1471001997
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
The illustrated edition of Chas Stramash's popular kids' poetry book, Silly Poems for Wee People. Now with more colour and all poems re-edited, this book is a must for all children. It's totally childish and devilishly funny!
Grandma's Roller Skates and Other Silly Poems
Author: David a BallardPublisher:
ISBN: 9781999728304
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
David A. Ballard draws inspiration from his own experiences and that of his children and grandchildren, his nieces and nephews, in his first collection of lyrical poems for children of all ages. There are belly laughs including a roller skating grandma, and a mischievous elephant, and a boy with a musical talent for playing his bum, and a mouse that flies to the moon, and a bookworm called Bertie - and don't forget Giggling Gertie! Enjoy reflective poems about the simple things in life, from having fun at the beach and the treasures you can discover in the attic, to the joy of yo-yos, kites and beautiful sunsets. We hope you enjoy this collection of personal poems to make you smile and think from a talented new poet and song writer. An 86 page paperback, including colour illustrations
Seriously Funny
Author: Barbara HambyPublisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820330876
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Can serious poetry be funny? Chaucer and Shakespeare would say yes, and so do the authors of these 187 poems that address timeless concerns but that also include comic elements. Beginning with the Beats and the New York School and continuing with both marquee-name poets and newcomers, Seriously Funny ranges from poems that are capsized by their own tomfoolery to those that glow with quiet wit to ones in which a laugh erupts in the midst of terrible darkness. Most of the selections were made in the editors' battered compact car, otherwise known as the Seriously Funny Mobile Unit. During the two years in which Barbara Hamby and David Kirby made their choices, they'd set out with a couple of boxes of books in the back seat, and whoever wasn't driving read to the other. When they found that a poem made both of them think but laugh as well, they earmarked it. Readers will find a true generosity in these poems, an eagerness to share ideas and emotions and also to entertain. The singer Ali Farka Tour said that honey is never good when it's only in one mouth, and the editors of Seriously Funny hope its readers find much to share with others.
F E G
Author: Robin HirschPublisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316055808
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Appealing to word lovers of all ages, "F E G" is a playful collection of 24 original poems in which each individual poem is a puzzle using wordplay. Full color.
