humorous poetry

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Dinothesaurus

prehistoric poems and paintings
Presents illustrated verse about various carnivorous and herbivorous dinosaurs, including the Iguanodon, Spinosaurus, and long-necked plesiosaurs.

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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Humorous and nonsensical poems

A collection of humorous poetry and explains how to explore a poems's meaning and the techniques that poets use to create an effect.
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The new kid on the block

selected poems
Presents humorous poems songs and poems written and performed by Jack Prelutsky about such strange creatures and people as Baloney Belly Billy and the Gloopy Gloopers.
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Cabbagehead

Presents an illustrated collection of thirty poems about ideas and thinking.
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Mary had a little jam, and other silly rhymes

A collection of humorous retellings of classic nursery rhymes by contemporary children's authors.
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It's raining pigs & noodles

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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Monster lunch

A collection of poems about dining monsters, accompanied by food facts and interviews with the main characters.

Ballpoint bananas and other jokes for kids

A selection of riddles and humorous rhymes, both traditional and contemporary.

Grasshopper pie and other poems

Five poems celebrate the making of a very special pie, an upside-down boy, a sneezing elephant, an encounter with a monster, and an alien who lands in a bowl of chicken soup.

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