Cambridge Springs Public Library

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. Come in - for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's world begins. The Unicorn and the Bloath live there, and so does Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take the garbage out. It is a place where you wash your shadow and plant diamond gardens, a place where shoes fly, sisters...

Cuba has fought three wars for independence, and still she is not free. This history in verse creates a lyrical portrait of Cuba.

An introduction to poetry that uses humorous poems, illustrations, and annotations to clarify terms and explain different types of poems, such as macaronic verse, concrete poems, and limericks.

Presents a poem Sendak wrote to pay homage to his late brother, Jack, whom he credited for his passion for writing and drawing.

Dinner is Served. What in nature could be more poetic than the hunt for food and the struggle for survival? In twenty-nine poems readers will squirm at the realities of how the animal world catches food, eats it, and becomes dinner in turn. In these quirky poems readers are introduced to many animals with disgusting eating habits, such as the marabou stork that lurks on the periphery, like a vampire in the shadows, waiting for a chance to pick at...

Runny Babbit's topsy-turvy world is brought to life through wordplay and drawings.

Poems take a humorous look at alley cats, worn-out shirts, games of hide-and-seek, the world's worst juggler, headaches, toys, revolving doors, alligators, and brothers.

A collection of poems about bugs

For Awful Ogre, the coming of summer offers opportunities to get outside and swim, visit a favorite hotel, and climb an isolated mountain. Throughout this set of whimsical poems, youngsters will be entertained not only by Awful Ogre's actions but also by the rhythm of the poetry.

An illustrated collection of humorous verses about bugs and sea creatures.