About the Book

*"Watchers of TV's Fraggle Rock and Barney already know Lee's lively lyrics. This zesty miscellany offers many a silly ode on food, mud, bugs and the author's homeland ("Taller than the CN Tower, /Bigger than Quebec: /Don't fool around with/Torontosaurus Rex "). From the insults of "Georgie, Georgie, / Wash your face, / Or we'll kick you out/ Of the human race" to the squirm-inducing "Pizza, pickle, / Pumpernickel, / My little guy/ Shall have a tickle, " a good-natured tone predominates. There's a Shel Silverstein-like bounce to the rhythms and unerring meter... The choice of illustrator is inspired: Tilley's watercolors of playground antics and dinosaur-like green lizards bring out the poems' mischievousness and bratty verve. Not all of the entries are puckish, however: among the finest poems is the lullaby "Silvery, " which ends the collection on a lyrical note ("Silverly/ Silverly, / Over the Trees/ The moon drifts/ By on a/ Runaway/ Breeze")."

Product Details

Media: Paperback Book, 32 pages

Series: Not Applicable

Publisher: Dragonfly Books

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0375800530

ISBN-13: 9780375800535

Dimensions: 8.00 x 9.95 x 0.14 inches

Shipping Weight: 0.24 lbs

• Categories: Children's Humorous Poetry