Prelutsky, Jack.
Summary: A collection of humorous poems such as "The Dancing Hippopotami," "You Can't Make Me Eat That," "My Father's Name is Sasquatch," and "Dear Wumbledeedumble."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 2000
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 811.54 PREKooser, Ted
Summary: "A freewheeling romp through the world of imagery and metaphor, this quietly startling collection of thirty poems, framed by the four elements, is about art and reality, fact and fancy. Look around: what do you see? A clown balancing a pie in a tree, or an empty nest perched on a leafless branch? As poet Connie Wanek alludes to in her afterword--a lively dialogue with former US Poet Laureate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 KOOSummary: A selection of short American poems dealing with the four seasons and the different weather events and animal patterns that can occur within each.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 808.81 JANMora, Pat
Summary: "An inspiring collection of the author's own glorious poems celebrating a love of words and all the ways we use and interact with them: reading, speaking, writing, singing, and storytelling. Includes a glossary of Spanish words used in the poems"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lee & Low Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 MORBrunelle, Lynn
Summary: "These gross and engrossing haiku highlight thirteen animals (and a few fungi) and the exceptionally icky things they do! Accompanied by bonus facts that will delight--and disgust--readers of all ages"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 BRULong, Sylvia
Summary: A compendium of concepts like numbers, colors and opposites, together with poems, stories, and hands-on activities like making pancakes and mud pies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LONSummary: Segmented into ten subjects, a collection of "poemstarts" provides amusing beginnings to a series of poems and challenges readers to complete the tale in their own special way, enhanced with large text and bold illustrations. When Jack Prelutksy posted the first couplet of a funny poem on a Web site and invited children to finish it, he expected about 100 responses. He got thousands. Now he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811.54 PRESummary: Segmented into ten subjects, a collection of "poemstarts" provides amusing beginnings to a series of poems and challenges readers to complete the tale in their own special way, enhanced with large text and bold illustrations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Poetry PrelutskySinger, Marilyn
Summary: "This warm and engaging poetry collection that follows a family of five as they discover and celebrate all of the Jewish holidays"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 SINCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Holiday SingerKammeraad, Kevin
Summary: Spinach Dip Pancakes is a book of whimsical wordplay, playful poetry, and mixed-media art. It's a diverse collection of inventiveness and collaboration that inspires readers to create, think, and wonder.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cooperfly Creative Arts, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KAMSilverstein, Shel
Summary: Collects poems and drawings that feature Runny and other woodland characters speaking his topsy-turvy language.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 SILCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811.54 SILBoynton, Sandra.
Summary: Join Boynton's lively prehistoric bunch as they get everyone's tails shaking for a feet-stomping good time!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2016
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE Board Boynton 2016Silverstein, Shel
Summary: Runny Babbit lent to wunch and heard the saitress way, "We have some lovely stabbit rew -- Our Special for today." From the legendary creator of Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, and The Giving Tree comes an unforgettable new character in children's literature. Welcome to the world of Runny Babbit and his friends Toe Jurtle, Skertie Gunk, Rirty Dat, Dungry Hog, Snerry...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 0000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811.52 SilCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811.54 SILCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 811.54 SilveCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Poetry SilversteinStaples, Mavis
Summary: "A memoir in poems of award-winning singer and Civil Rights activist Mavis Staples"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rocky Pond Books 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 STACleary, Brian P.
Summary: "A playful and punny illustrated poetry collection from Brian Cleary that's perfect for middle grade readers. Includes quick tips about poetic forms and poetic devices that teachers can use in poetry lessons"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2024
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 CLESummary: Presents a collection of twenty poems written in tribute to well-known poets from around the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 808.1 OUTCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 808.1 OUTCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J808.1 KWAWeatherford, Carole Boston
Summary: A multi-generational family history told in the voices of the author's ancestors, spanning enslavement alongside Frederick Douglass at Maryland's Wye House plantation, service in the U.S. Colored Troops, and the founding of all-Black Reconstruction-era communities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J FIC WEAWolf, Allan
Summary: Learn vital processes and procedures about gardening through different types of poetry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 WOLHood, Susan
Summary: "An inspirational nonfiction novel-in-verse about Zhanna Arshanskaya, a young Ukrainian Jewish girl using the alias Anna, whose phenomenal piano-playing skills saved her life and the life of her sister, Frina, during the Holocaust-from award-winning author Susan Hood, with Zhanna's son, Greg Dawson"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022