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“I have always enjoyed playing with words, but I had no idea that I would be a writer. There was a time when I couldn’t stand poetry! . . . When I was a young man, I discovered poetry again and it changed my life.”—Jack Prelutsky
Jack Prelutsky has written more than 40 books of verse and has compiled a number of poetry anthologies. His anthology, The 20th-Century Children’s Poetry Treasury, includes 211 wonderful poems that represent the best the century has to offer.
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For years, Jack Prelutsky’s inventive poems have inspired legions of children to fall in love with poetry... Read More
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The Random House Book of Poetry for Children
Format: Hardcover, 248 pages
On Sale: September 12, 1983
Price: $22.99
"A generous collection with a distinctly upbeat tone, this gives a taste of the best poets writing for children over the last several decades. Lobel's drawings imbue the whole with action and graphic images as inventive as the verse. Successfully geared to meet home, school, and library needs."--(starred) Booklist. Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 248 pages
On Sale: September 12, 1983
Price: $22.99
"A generous collection with a distinctly upbeat tone, this gives a taste of the best poets writing for children over the last several decades. Lobel's drawings imbue the whole with action and graphic images as inventive as the verse. Successfully geared to meet home, school, and library needs."--(starred) Booklist. Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding.
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Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!
Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: April 20, 1998
Price: $17.00
Started by Seuss, finished by Jack Prelutsky, and splendiferously illustrated by Lane Smith, this is the children's book publishing event of the year! Big--56 pages--and bursting with energy, here is a joyous ode to individuality, starring an unsinkable teacher named Miss Bonkers and quirky little Diffendoofer School, which must prove it... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: April 20, 1998
Price: $17.00
Started by Seuss, finished by Jack Prelutsky, and splendiferously illustrated by Lane Smith, this is the children's book publishing event of the year! Big--56 pages--and bursting with energy, here is a joyous ode to individuality, starring an unsinkable teacher named Miss Bonkers and quirky little Diffendoofer School, which must prove it... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding.
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Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: October 12, 1986
Price: $19.95
First published in 1986 and just as fresh and relevant today, this widely acclaimed, child-friendly poetry anthology is now being reissued with a striking new jacket. In his introduction to this book Jim Trelease, bestselling author of The Read-Aloud Handbook, writes, “No one better recognizes the essence of the child-poetry connection... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: October 12, 1986
Price: $19.95
First published in 1986 and just as fresh and relevant today, this widely acclaimed, child-friendly poetry anthology is now being reissued with a striking new jacket. In his introduction to this book Jim Trelease, bestselling author of The Read-Aloud Handbook, writes, “No one better recognizes the essence of the child-poetry connection... Read more >
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The 20th Century Children's Poetry Treasury
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: September 28, 1999
Price: $19.95
"Until this century, most children's poetry was either syrupy sweet or overblown and didactic, and tended to talk down to its readers. Contemporary children's poets have thrown all that condescension and moralizing out the window, and write with today's real child in mind."
- from the Introduction by Jack Prelutsky
Here in one... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: September 28, 1999
Price: $19.95
"Until this century, most children's poetry was either syrupy sweet or overblown and didactic, and tended to talk down to its readers. Contemporary children's poets have thrown all that condescension and moralizing out the window, and write with today's real child in mind."
- from the Introduction by Jack Prelutsky
Here in one... Read more >
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For Laughing Out Loud: Poems to Tickle Your Funnybone
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: March 20, 1991
Price: $17.00
Illus. in full color. "These nonsense verses combine the domestic and the gross, deadpan and slapstick, with a lilting rhythm and satisfying rhyme. The poets are well-known contemporaries including Prelutsky, Silverstein, Kuskin, Lobel, Viorst, and many more. The design is ebullient. Start or end story hour with these verses, and kids... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: March 20, 1991
Price: $17.00
Illus. in full color. "These nonsense verses combine the domestic and the gross, deadpan and slapstick, with a lilting rhythm and satisfying rhyme. The poets are well-known contemporaries including Prelutsky, Silverstein, Kuskin, Lobel, Viorst, and many more. The design is ebullient. Start or end story hour with these verses, and kids... Read more >
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Read a Rhyme, Write a Rhyme
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $7.99
“Prelutsky has invented a method he calls ‘poemstarts’ to help children get started in writing poetry. He provides several introductory lines of a simple poem and then offers some open-ended suggestions for its completion. In this thematically organized collection, Prelutsky offers ten poemstarts on different popular themes, complemented by three short... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $7.99
“Prelutsky has invented a method he calls ‘poemstarts’ to help children get started in writing poetry. He provides several introductory lines of a simple poem and then offers some open-ended suggestions for its completion. In this thematically organized collection, Prelutsky offers ten poemstarts on different popular themes, complemented by three short... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The Swamps of Sleethe
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $16.99
Jack Prelutsky’s exploration of outer space is not for the faint of heart. No friendly little E.T.–type aliens await your arrival. There are many imaginative ways to perish in these darkly comedic cautionary verses about unexplored worlds so far beyond our solar system. The final poem is an environmental tour de... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $16.99
Jack Prelutsky’s exploration of outer space is not for the faint of heart. No friendly little E.T.–type aliens await your arrival. There are many imaginative ways to perish in these darkly comedic cautionary verses about unexplored worlds so far beyond our solar system. The final poem is an environmental tour de... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding.
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Good Sports
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2007
Price: $16.99
Exhilarating, all-new, kid-friendly rhymes capture the range of emotions, from winning to losing to the sheer joy of participating, that children experience as they discover the games of their choice. Jack Prelutsky, a virtuoso at making poetry fun for the elementary school crowd, includes in this inspired collection poems about baseball... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2007
Price: $16.99
Exhilarating, all-new, kid-friendly rhymes capture the range of emotions, from winning to losing to the sheer joy of participating, that children experience as they discover the games of their choice. Jack Prelutsky, a virtuoso at making poetry fun for the elementary school crowd, includes in this inspired collection poems about baseball... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding.
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Good Sports
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2007
Price: $19.99
Exhilarating, all-new, kid-friendly rhymes capture the range of emotions, from winning to losing to the sheer joy of participating, that children experience as they discover the games of their choice. Jack Prelutsky, a virtuoso at making poetry fun for the elementary school crowd, includes in this inspired collection poems about baseball... Read more >
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2007
Price: $19.99
Exhilarating, all-new, kid-friendly rhymes capture the range of emotions, from winning to losing to the sheer joy of participating, that children experience as they discover the games of their choice. Jack Prelutsky, a virtuoso at making poetry fun for the elementary school crowd, includes in this inspired collection poems about baseball... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 56 pages
On Sale: April 20, 1998
Price: $18.99
Started by Seuss, finished by Jack Prelutsky, and splendiferously illustrated by Lane Smith, this is the children's book publishing event of the year! Big--56 pages--and bursting with energy, here is a joyous ode to individuality, starring an unsinkable teacher named Miss Bonkers and quirky little Diffendoofer School, which must prove it... Read more >
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 56 pages
On Sale: April 20, 1998
Price: $18.99
Started by Seuss, finished by Jack Prelutsky, and splendiferously illustrated by Lane Smith, this is the children's book publishing event of the year! Big--56 pages--and bursting with energy, here is a joyous ode to individuality, starring an unsinkable teacher named Miss Bonkers and quirky little Diffendoofer School, which must prove it... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The Beauty of the Beast
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: March 14, 2006
Price: $19.95
First published in 1997 and unavailable for three years, this ALA Notable Book of 200 poems for animal lovers is now being reissued with a price lowered from $22.95 to $19.95. Culled by Jack Prelutsky from the works of more than 100 highly acclaimed poets of the twentieth century, here is... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: March 14, 2006
Price: $19.95
First published in 1997 and unavailable for three years, this ALA Notable Book of 200 poems for animal lovers is now being reissued with a price lowered from $22.95 to $19.95. Culled by Jack Prelutsky from the works of more than 100 highly acclaimed poets of the twentieth century, here is... Read more >
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The Random House Book of Poetry for Children
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 256 pages
On Sale: September 12, 1983
Price: $25.99
Illus. in color and full color. "A generous collection with a distinctly upbeat tone, this gives a taste of the best poets writing for children over the last several decades. Lobel's drawings imbue the whole with action and graphic images as inventive as the verse. Successfully geared to meet home, school... Read more >
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 256 pages
On Sale: September 12, 1983
Price: $25.99
Illus. in color and full color. "A generous collection with a distinctly upbeat tone, this gives a taste of the best poets writing for children over the last several decades. Lobel's drawings imbue the whole with action and graphic images as inventive as the verse. Successfully geared to meet home, school... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Read a Rhyme, Write a Rhyme
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: October 11, 2005
Price: $16.95
When Jack Prelutksy posted the first couplet of a funny poem on a Web site and invited children to finish it, he expected about 100 responses. He got thousands. Now he has come up with an anthology of poems on 10 popular subjects by well-known poets and combined it with his... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: October 11, 2005
Price: $16.95
When Jack Prelutksy posted the first couplet of a funny poem on a Web site and invited children to finish it, he expected about 100 responses. He got thousands. Now he has come up with an anthology of poems on 10 popular subjects by well-known poets and combined it with his... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
|
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The Swamps of Sleethe
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $19.99
Jack Prelutsky’s exploration of outer space is not for the faint of heart. No friendly little E.T.–type aliens await your arrival. There are many imaginative ways to perish in these darkly comedic cautionary verses about unexplored worlds so far beyond our solar system. The final poem is an environmental tour de... Read more >
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $19.99
Jack Prelutsky’s exploration of outer space is not for the faint of heart. No friendly little E.T.–type aliens await your arrival. There are many imaginative ways to perish in these darkly comedic cautionary verses about unexplored worlds so far beyond our solar system. The final poem is an environmental tour de... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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