humorous poetry, american

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A light in the attic

A collection of poems and drawings by American poet and humorist, Shel Silverstein including "Backward Bill, " "Day After Halloween, " "Gumeye Ball, " "Nailbiter, " "Sour Face Ann, " and many others.
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Don't bump the glump!

and other fantasies
A most unusual collection of whacky, funny, scary creatures with imaginative fantasies in verse.
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Scarum Fair

Spooky poems depict the visit a group of children make to a carnival run by monsters and featuring mysterious foods, really scary rides, and other eerie attractions.
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Rolling in the aisles

a collection of laugh-out-loud poems
Presents an anthology of funny poems, selected for inclusion by school children and their teachers; grouped in twelve categories, including relatives, friends, pets, school, and holidays.

Falling up

2015
A collection of poems and drawings by American poet and humorist Shel Silverstein, including "My Nose Garden," "Little Hoarse," "Strange Restaurant," "Sharing," "Noise Day," and many others.
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Sad underwear and other complications

1995
A collection of poems that examines a wide variety of feelings and experiences from a child's point of view.

Where the sidewalk ends

the poems & drawings of Shel Silverstein
1974
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.

Apples, snakes, and bellyaches

1996
A collection of humorous poems about upside-down noses, hijacked terrapins, Isaac Newton, and television.

Under water with Ogden Nash

1997
A collection of twenty-seven poems by American humorist Ogden Nash in which he celebrates aquatic creatures above and beneath the water's surface, with color illustrations by botanical and zoological artist Katie Lee.

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