Exploding Gravy: Poems to Make You Laugh
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (520 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0316384232 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
With themes like "Far-Out Families," "Giants and Dinosaurs" and "Peculiar Characters," Kennedy has kids covered. . by Joy Allen. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. Kennedy offers a plethora of poetry and tickles the funny bone in Exploding Gravy: Poems to Make You Laugh, illus. From Publishers Weekly X.J. Some of the poems have been published in previous anthologies, but the poet's fans will welcome this extensive round-up of his work. Allen's playful drawings strike just the right note
Bet you anything you'll be asking for seconds of Exploding Gravy.. Kennedy, a poet who knows what tickles us, all combined in a collection that pleases the ear and delights the mind. Do you like to laugh to smile? Do you like poetry? If you like one, two or all of the above, this is the book for you. J. Kennedy's poems they combine to create a wonderful recipe for fun. They give another whole delicious dimension to the work. In Exploding Gravy you will meet an absolutely terrible baby-sitter, a vain witch, be told who to pet and who not to, be introduced to several dinosaurs, told some mixed up tales and yes, find out all about that exploding gravy - and that's just for starters. When Allen's drawings are added to X. To accompany these wonderful poems illustrator, Joy Allen has created striking and amusing drawings. Inside these covers you'll find the best funny poems of X. J
Zany fun Enslowe Certain kids may not be interested in poetry, until along comes something like this book with marvelous kid appeal to draw them in. This collection features many of X.J. Kennedy's kid classics, plus some new ones, and lively, active drawings. Airtight, singsong rhyme and meter combines with absurdist wit to come up with. Nicola Mansfield said Silly Poetry, but Not as Good as Silvertstein, Lee or Prelutsky. Reason for Reading: A bit of a storyAs every year, I am participating in the AtoZ Challenge. For the first time, this year I only have the X's left and I will have completed it so I decided to actively search out books. Since it's so close to year end I decided to go with a juvenile book. I browsed through the library a