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kid's favorite funny school poems
1997

Custard the dragon and the wicked knight

1999
In this humorous poem, Custard the cowardly dragon saves the fair maiden Belinda from the wicked Sir Garagoyle.

Apples, snakes, and bellyaches

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

Pop sonnets

Shakespearean spins on your favorite songs
"The Bard meets the Backstreet Boys in 'Pop Sonnets,' a collection of 100 classic pop songs reimagined as Shakespearean sonnets. All your favorite songs are here, including hits by Jay-Z, Johnny Cash, Katy Perry, Michael Jackson, Talking Heads, and many others. With stirring sentiments on everything from love and despair to wanton women, 'Pop Sonnets' offers inspirational verse for every occasion."--P. [2] of cover.

Silly shoes

poems to make you smile
2014
A collection of silly poems for children.

Humorous and nonsensical poems

2014
A collection of humorous poetry and explains how to explore a poems's meaning and the techniques that poets use to create an effect.

Crazy about basketball!

2013
Contains dozens of humorous poems about basketball.

A little less noise

2001
Presents an illustrated collection of song lyrics by Barry Louis Polisar, telling of tormented babysitters, pesky siblings, naughty children, monsters, and other strange and silly people and creatures.

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.

As I walked out one evening

songs, ballads, lullabies, limericks, and other light verse
1995
"A selection of Auden's most immediately accessible poems...[including] some of his greatest work"--Fly-leaf.

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