| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Door -- I'm just no good at rhyming -- Island where everyone's Toby -- Grown-ups are better (I) -- The good-child test -- Alphabet book (by the laziest artist in the world) -- One-eyed Orr -- If you ever have to memorize a poem of twenty lines or longer and deliver it to your class, then this is a pretty good choice -- Toasted knight for lunch again? -- My dessert tummy -- Duel -- Gecko -- You'll never feel as tall as when you're ten -- Frog race -- Last time I ever went down to breakfast without making my bed -- A short saga -- Hey, kids! Get your parents to read you this poem! -- 'Tis better -- Poem that's titled "The door" -- Yesterday's tomorrow -- Cyclops just got glasses -- Hungry giraffe -- Nothing is impossible (The teacher and the child) -- Incredible story of the day the glistening city of San Francisco was saved from certain destruction by a lowly snail -- The sweetest lullaby ever (for parents to tell their children) -- Chocolate for breakfast -- Somebody stole my bagel's hole -- How the fourth grader communicates -- Re-verse -- Sometimes I don't want to share -- Deep in the land of Ca'narot -- Infinity poem -- Unipede -- Race -- Fight fire with fire? -- Whydoo inside you -- Valleys shape the mountains -- Live each day like it's your last -- Grown-ups are better (II) -- Shortest anaconda in the world -- Disneyland had nothing on this place -- Old woman who lived in Achoo -- Little hurts -- What happened to us monsters? (The mummy's lament) -- Remarkable age -- Just because I'm a turkey sandwich and some chips doesn't mean I don't have feelings too, you know! -- Hey, we finally found someone who knows that story about the snail who saved San Francisco! -- Eight -- Epilogue -- Secret of my art -- Poem that's titled "The poem that's titled 'The door'" -- Luck -- I'm shy on the outside -- Lemonade stand stand -- I love quiet -- Two roads -- Jack Sprat (updated) -- Roller coaster + earthquake =? -- Argument -- Trapped! -- Unfair riddle #1 -- Unfair riddle #2 -- Unfair riddle #3 -- Invisible horse -- Good things -- Jack makes a fatal strategic blunder -- World's best offer -- Nursery rhyme "Little Boy Blue," with some words replaced by delicious Greek food -- Never switch your laundry detergent with your dishwasher detergent -- Abdominal snowman -- Nothing rhymes with duthing -- Monster under my bed instead is dead -- Picture puzzle! -- Ten ginormous hippos jumped on a bed -- I don't like my illustrator -- Yes means no and no means yes... -- An apology -- I'm always happy in my room -- Rules of "Tic" -- Poem that's titled "The poem that's titled 'the poem that's titled 'The door''" -- Just be yourself -- Incredible bargain -- I'm old for my age -- How to designate an ungulate -- Way we're all the same -- Out on the farm on a Saturday night -- A cold-air balloon -- what? You think I have a bad memory? -- Grown-ups are better (III) -- I am not even going to talk about this next thing -- New bad word -- Worst. Birthday party. Ever. --Sally the centipede gets here new shoes on to take a walk with her mom -- Under my dragon's wing -- On the other hand, they both hate dandelions -- Even the butterfly -- Moral: if it's not your magic wand, leave it alone -- Ice cream mondae -- L-O-V-E -- Jigsaw puzzle difficulty chart -- Poem that's titled "The poem that's titled 'The poem that's titled 'the poem that's titled 'The door'"" -- Latest bedtime of all -- Loser's cheer -- Child's farewell -- Parent's response -- On my intentions of expanding my experiences eating garden cuisine, with an approximate time frame included -- Let's meet right here in twenty-five years -- Um, you can stop reading now. That was the last poem. -- Oops, that accidentally rhymed. Okay, so that was the last poem. But there are absolutely no more from here. So stop reading. -- Darn it! I'm just no good at not rhyming. But I'm telling you, this is really the end. |
| Summary |
"An illustrated collection of comically irreverent rhyming poems for readers of all ages, ranging in topic from avocados and anacondas to zombies and zebras (dressed like ghosts)."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Audience |
630L Lexile |
| Subject |
Poetry -- Juvenile literature.
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| Genre |
Humorous poetry.
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| Subject |
American poetry.
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| Add'l Names |
Smith, Lane, illustrator.
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| Other Uniform title |
Poems. Selections
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| Other title |
I am just no good at rhyming |
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And other nonsense for mischievous kids and immature grown-ups |
| ISBN |
9780316266574
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0316266574
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