Imagine That: Poems of Never-Was - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0679882065 ISBN 13: 9780679882060

Casa editrice: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1998

Riassunto

A gathering of fifty poems by such acclaimed authors as Jane Yolen, Conrad Aiken, and Karla Kuskin is chock full of imagery about make-believe monsters, machines, and other weird things.

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L'autore:

For 30 years, Jack Prelutsky’s inventive poems have inspired legions of children to fall in love with poetry. His outrageously silly poems have tickled even the most stubborn funny bones, while his darker verses have spooked countless late-night readers. His award-winning books include Tyrannosaurus Was a Beast, The Dragons Are Singing Tonight, The Random House Book of Poetry for Children, and The Beauty of the Beast.

While attending a Bronx, New York, grade school, Prelutsky took piano and voice lessons and was a regular in school shows. Surprisingly, Prelutsky developed a healthy dislike for poetry due to a teacher who “left me with the impression that poetry was the literary equivalent of liver. I was told it was good for me, but I wasn

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Flotz who gobbles dots (watch out if you have freckles), the Phillyloo Bird and the Wendigo, the Hum Bug Machine and the Ogglewop...just try to imagine them! This glorious gathering of 50 poems about imaginary monsters, machines, and other weird things is guaranteed to poke, prod, tease, and tickle a child's own powers of imagination. Here are tales that are a little bit spooky, inspire creative thinking, and are downright funny from such poets as Dr. Seuss, Lewis Carroll, Ogden Nash, John Ciardi, Spike Milligan, and of course Jack Prelutsky, along with the lively paintings of Kevin Hawkes. This collection is first rate!

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• Editore: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0679882065
• ISBN 13: 9780679882060
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 48
• Redattore: Prelutsky Jack
• Disegnatore: Hawkes Kevin