Kids Will Find Plenty To Chuckle Over In Douglas Florian's Punchline-Rich Laugh-Eteria, His Seventh Poetry Offering After Walloping Successes Like Bing Bang Boing And Insectlopedia. Well Loved For His Shameless Punnery, Florian Never Hesitates To Manipulate The Language To Suit His Whim: "Graffiti, Graffiti,/On Sidewalk And Streeti,/On Glass And Concreeti,/And On Subway Seati," Begins One Poem. Some Of His Verse Rhymes Quite Neatly, Such As This Stanza From "Don't Drag A Dragon": "Don't Drag A Dragon By Its Tooth./To Drag It Such Is Most Uncouth,/Discourteous, And Impolite,/And It Will Eat You In One Bite." "What I'd Like To Share" Bounces Jauntily As Well: "I'd Like To Share A Nasty Cold/And All My Clothing That's Too Old./I'd Like To Share A Rotten Chore./Perhaps You'd Like To The Sweep The Floor?" Other Poems Seem More Unfinished, As If Florian Got So Excited About A Certain Goofy Upside-Down Idea That It Simply Spilled Out Onto The Page. In Any Case, Laugh-Eteria Is Third-Grader Paradise, Bursting With Poem-Riddles, Flipped Perspectives, And References To Stinky Feet, Slimy Food, Monsters, Noses, Bugs, And Dinosaurs That Invariably Reduce 8-Year-olds To Giggling Heaps. Much Like In Shel Silverstein's Collections, Each Double-Page Spread Comes To Life With The Poet's Own Freestyle Ink Drawings. Florian Fans Will Enjoy The Punster's Groan-Worthy Wordplay, And Kids Will No Doubt Relish The Rampant Silliness That's Strangely Akin To Their Own. (Click To See A Sample Spread. Text And Illustrations From Laugh-Eteria, Copyright ©1999 By Douglas Florian
ISBN | 9780152061487 |
Autor(a) | Florian, Douglas |
Editora | Sandpiper |
Idioma | Inglês Americano |
Ano de edição | 2008 |
Páginas | 160 |
Acabamento | Brochura |
Dimensões | 17,14 X 22,86 |