Jack Prelutsky

From the best-selling team of Jack Prelutsky and James Stevenson, here is another collection of wondrously rich, clever, funny, and delectable poems and black-and-white drawings destined to become favorites.Discover and enjoy a dozen duhduhs, a puzzled python, and the coolest teenage hippopotamus you'll ever...

Beloved children's poet Jack Prelutsky and acclaimed illustrator Paul O. Zelinsky have created a tour de force picture book of epic proportions and infinite appeal It's pouring. The wind is blowing down trees. Awful Ogre's rattlesnake wakes him. He tickles his piranha, scatters his...

This magnificent treasury of more than one hundred of Jack Prelutsky's most celebrated verses, along with fifteen all-new poems, is a tribute to his gifts to children's literature over the past forty years. Lushly illustrated by rising star Brandon Dorman and featuring a CD...

Jack Prelutsky has written a series of truly inventive and entertaining poems that are perfectly paired with Carin Berger's witty collage pieces. It's a beautiful picture book with a look and feel unlike any of Prelutsky's prior work.So put on your pith helmet and...

Exhilarating, all-new, kid-friendly verses capture the range of emotions, from the thrill of winning to the agony of losing to the sheer joy of participating. Jack Prelutsky, America's first children's poet laureate and a virtuoso at making poetry fun for the elementary school crowd,...

A new collection from the celebrated first Young People's Poet Laureate and bestselling poet Jack Prelutsky, featuring more than one hundred original poems Hard-Boiled Bugs for Breakfast is guaranteed to make readers laugh, imagine, write, and dream. From a lizard playing a mandolin (although...

Hard-Boiled Bugs for Breakfast is guaranteed to make readers laugh, imagine, write, and dream."A quick-witted delight."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"Perfectly in pitch."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)"A well-written, must-have collection of poems."--School Library Journal (starred review)A collection from the celebrated inaugural Young People's Poet Laureate and bestselling...

Hard-Boiled Bugs for Breakfast is guaranteed to make readers laugh, imagine, write, and dream."A quick-witted delight."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"Perfectly in pitch."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)"A well-written, must-have collection of poems."--School Library Journal (starred review)A collection from the celebrated inaugural Young People's Poet Laureate and bestselling...

Started by Dr. Seuss, finished by Jack Prelutsky, and illustrated by Lane Smith, Hooray for Diffendoofer Day is a joyous ode to individuality starring unsinkable teacher Miss Bonkers and the quirky Diffendoofer School (which must prove it has taught its students how to think--or...

Seventeen haiku composed by master poet Jack Prelutsky and illustrated by renowned artist Ted Rand ask you to think about seventeen favorite residents of the animal kingdom in a new way. On these glorious and colorful pages you will meet a mouse, a skunk,...

Twelve humorous, easy-to-read poems that celebrate the spirit of Christmas. "The poems cover subjects of interest to children--making a Christmas list, performing in the school assembly, cutting a Christmas tree. Children enjoy Prelutsky's poetry, and this book should prove no exception."--School Library Journal.Author: Jack...

These 12 easy-to-read poems by Children's Poet Laureate Prelutsky treat readers to a funny and festive look at their favorite holiday traditions, from choosing the perfect tree to seeing Santas everywhere. Full color.Author: Jack PrelutskyISBN-10: 0060537086ISBN-13: 9780060537081Publisher: Greenwillow BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/25/2012Pages: 48Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize:...

Christmas is coming And from choosing the perfect tree, to receiving a gift of underwear from a relative, to seeing Santas everywhere you look, these twelve easy-to-read poems treat readers to a funny and festive look at favorite holiday traditions.This merry collection of Christmas...

Thirteen poems to spice up the holiday that ghouls and ghosts love most. "Prelutsky's Nightmares tamed for beginning readers. They're catchy at the most rudimentary level."--Kirkus Reviews.Author: Jack PrelutskyISBN-10: 068814733XISBN-13: 9780688147334Publisher: Greenwillow BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/20/1996Pages: 56Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.31lbsSize: 8.30h x 6.30w x 0.20dAccelerated Reader:Reading...

The master of mischievous rhyme, Jack Prelutsky, and his partner in crime, James Stevenson, have whipped up a storm of more than one hundred hilarious poems and zany drawings. Grab your umbrella--and make sure it's a big one It's raining pigs and noodles, it's...

The master of mischievous rhyme, Jack Prelutsky, and his partner in crime, James Stevenson, have whipped up a storm of more than one hundred hilarious poems and zany drawings. Grab your umbrella--and make sure it's a big one It's raining pigs and noodles, it's...

From master of rhyme Jack Prelutsky comes a flurry of winter poetry just right to usher in the season of ice and snow It's winter The trees are bare, the days are short, and the first sparkling snowflakes are falling from the sky. Lively,...

It's time for turkey The parade is about to start. The pumpkin pie is in the oven. The whole family is gathered around the table. And everybody wants to pull the wishbone From Children's Poet Laureate Jack Prelutsky comes a scrumptious helping of twelve...

These fourteen silly, sweet poems by nationally bestselling author Jack Prelutsky are perfect for Valentine's Day. This Level 4 I Can Read title is ideal for readers who are ready for wordplay, exciting themes, and fun vocabulary words Fourteen easy-to-read poems go straight to...

I am the only ME I AM who qualifies as me; no ME I AM has been before, and none will ever be. Three very different children reveal their individual personalities in a series of visual mini-adventures. Readers meet a mischievous tomboy who would...

Have you ever encountered an underwater marching band, a pig in a bathing suit, a pet orangutan, or a witch in a hardware store? Have you ever sat with a skunk in a courtroom, shopped for a dinosaur, or conversed with a Bupple, a...

From Children's Poet Laureate Jack Prelutsky and illustrator Yossi Abolafia, My Parents Think I'm Sleeping is the perfect book to get young readers excited about bedtime. This Level 3 I Can Read book is a funny collection of poems about a boy who should...

"A dozen original poems on the horrifying' subjects (ghouls, vampires, skeletons, etc.) so dear to many young hearts....Your steel-nerved patrons will appreciate both poems and pictures."--School Library Journal.Author: Jack PrelutskyISBN-10: 0688840531ISBN-13: 9780688840532Publisher: Greenwillow BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/1976Pages: 40Format: Library BindingWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 10.52h x 7.96w x...

Have you ever tried to write a poem about a pizza? How about a pig? How about a pigeon, penguin, potato, Ping-Pong, parrot, puppy, pelican, porcupine, pie, pachyderm, or your parents?Jack Prelutsky has written more than one thousand poems about all of these things--and...

This long beloved poetry treasury from acclaimed anthologist Jack Prelutsky is now available in paperback for the very first time! America's favorite children's poet and anthologist, Jack Prelutsky has selected more than 200 poems for every occasion, every event, every experience that a young...

First published in 1986 and just as fresh and relevant today, this widely acclaimed, child-friendly poetry anthology is now being reissued with a striking new jacket. In his introduction to this book Jim Trelease, bestselling author of The Read-Aloud Handbook, writes, "No one better...

It is hard to believe that Cincinnati Patty, Justin Austin, Pennington Poe, and the little pink pig in Arkansas have not been chanted and sung about by children for generations. But it is not hard to believe that they Will be chanted and sung...

It is hard to believe that Cincinnati Patty, Justin Austin, Pennington Poe, and the little pink pig in Arkansas have not been chanted and sung about by children for generations. But it is not hard to believe that they Will be chanted and sung...

We're sailing to Scranimal Island, It doesn't appear on most maps.... Scranimal Island is where you will find the fragrant Rhinocerose, the cunning Broccolions, and if you are really, really lucky and very, very quiet, you will spot the gentle, shy Pandaffodil. (You may...

The long-awaited companion to the bestselling The New Kid on the Block. "A wealth of funny new verse from a favorite poet. Prelutsky's comic muse is at its best here. Another winner."--Kirkus Reviews. "Prelutsky has done it again."--School Library JournalSomething big is right here!It...

The long-awaited companion to the bestselling The New Kid on the Block. "A wealth of funny new verse from a favorite poet. Prelutsky's comic muse is at its best here. Another winner."--Kirkus Reviews. "Prelutsky has done it again."--School Library JournalSomething big is right here!It...

Beloved and bestselling poet Jack Prelutsky and New York Times Best Illustrated artist Carin Berger team up to create a new collection of silly, strange, and sensational animal poems! Told through couplets and visually arresting shadow boxes, dioramas, and cut-paper collage, Stardines Swim High...

"Until this century, most children's poetry was either syrupy sweet or overblown and didactic, and tended to talk down to its readers. Contemporary children's poets have thrown all that condescension and moralizing out the window, and write with today's real child in mind."- from...

A great way to introduce children to classical music. America's first Children's Poet Laureate has written all-new verses to accompany the composer Camille Saint-Sa ns's The Carnival of the Animals, and the illustrator of the Harry Potter books has turned these rollicking rhymes into...

From beloved children's poet Jack Prelutsky and acclaimed illustrator Peter Sis comes a fierce, fanciful series of poems all about dragons: dragons fierce and dragons friendly; dragons' lairs and dragons' eggs; even a menacing dragon living inside a computer--all spring to life in these...

Twenty-eight rollicking rhymes from the undisputed master of hilarious verse for children, Jack Prelutsky, are matched with enchanting illustrations by Petra Mathers in this uproarious poetry collection. In this collection there are tongue-twisting (but real) places to visit, such as Tuscaloosa and Winnemucca. There...

"In a companion volume to Nightmares, poet and artist again collaborate to elicit feelings of exquisite terror."--Horn Book. "Prelutsky's rhymes are as lethal, lithe, and literate as ever, and Lobel wrings every atmospheric ounce out of them."--School Library Journal.Author: Jack PrelutskyISBN-10: 0688117058ISBN-13: 9780688117054Publisher: Greenwillow...

From beloved and bestselling poet Jack Prelutsky come over 100 hilarious poems about strange creatures and people--from jellyfish stew to a bouncing mouse, to the very unexpected new kid For fans of Shel Silverstein and Louis Sachar's Wayside School series. "The illustrations bring the...

From beloved and bestselling poet Jack Prelutsky come over 100 hilarious poems about strange creatures and people--from jellyfish stew to a bouncing mouse, to the very unexpected new kid For fans of Shel Silverstein and Louis Sachar's Wayside School series. "The illustrations bring the...

The most accessible and joyous introduction to the world of poetry The Random House Book of Poetry for Children offers both funny and illuminating poems for kids personally selected by the nation's first Children's Poet Laureate, Jack Prelutsky. Featuring a wealth of beloved classic...

"In an intriguing combination of fact with rollicking rhyme schemes and full-page portraits, the dinosaurs are rejuvenated once again to amuse and amaze their devoted fans....These poems are readable, quotable, and unforgettable....A wonderful book to savor--again and again."--Horn Book.Author: Jack PrelutskyISBN-10: 0688115691ISBN-13: 9780688115692Publisher: Greenwillow...

School has never been so much fun When your science homework eats your dog, you spend lunch dodging flying food, and your backpack weighs a thousand pounds, you know you've got a great answer to the question, "What did you do at school today?"...