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A Kick in the Head
A Kick in the Head
Illustrated by Chris Raschka, Compiled by Paul B. Janeczko
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780763641320
Our Price: $9.99
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A Kick in the Head
An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms
Illustrated by Chris Raschka
Compiled by Paul B. Janeczko


Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $9.99

From the simplest couplet to the mind-boggling pantoum, the award-winning team behind A POKE IN THE I shows us the many fascinating ways poetic forms take shape.


In this splendid and playful volume — second of a trilogy — an acclaimed creative team presents examples of twenty-nine poetic forms, demonstrating not only... Read more >
Also available as a hardcover.
Zip! Pop! Hop! and Other Fun Words to Say (Sesame Street)
Zip! Pop! Hop! and Other Fun Words to Say (Sesame Street)
Written by Michaela Muntean, Illustrated by David Prebenna
Format: Board
ISBN: 9780375842092
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Zip! Pop! Hop! and Other Fun Words to Say (Sesame Street)

Written by Michaela Muntean
Illustrated by David Prebenna


Format: Board, 24 pages
On Sale: May 27, 2008
Price: $4.99

Elmo and his friends have lots of fun saying oodles of words with interesting sounds—and which sometimes feel a little funny in the mouth—such as pop, zip, hopscotch, growl, snip, gurgle, squiggly, ticktock, and lots more. There are giggles galore for babies and toddlers on every single page! Read more >
Kid to Kid
Kid to Kid
Written by Harriet Ziefert, Illustrated by Liz Murphy
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781934706220
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Kid to Kid

Written by Harriet Ziefert
Illustrated by Liz Murphy


Format: Trade Paperback, 24 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2008
Price: $9.95

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For Those About to Write
For Those About to Write
Written by Dave Bidini
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780887767692
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For Those About to Write
How I Learned to Love Books and Why I Had to Write Them
Written by Dave Bidini


Format: Trade Paperback, 136 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2007
Price: $9.95

Dave Bidini’s quirky personal path to becoming a writer (as well as a well-known rock musician and sports enthusiast) began when he was very young and loved to pick at the typewriter. Read more >
You Can't Read This
You Can't Read This
Written by Val Ross
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780887767326
Our Price: $19.95
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You Can't Read This
Forbidden Books, Lost Writing, Mistranslations, and Codes
Written by Val Ross


Format: Hardcover, 152 pages
On Sale: April 4, 2006
Price: $19.95

Wherever people can read, there are stories about the magic, mystery, and power of what they read. Val Ross presents a history of reading that is, in fact, the story of the monumental, on-going struggle to read. From Enheduanna, daughter of Sargon the Great, the world’s oldest signed author to Empress... Read more >
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Did You Say Pears?
Did You Say Pears?
Written by Arlene Alda
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780887767395
Our Price: $16.95
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Did You Say Pears?

Written by Arlene Alda


Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2006
Price: $16.95

“If horns played cool music, and pants were just clothes...”

Horn, pants, nails, trunk, pitcher — all words that can mean more than one thing. Arlene Alda has put together words and images in a delightful and witty book of photographs as inviting as a pair of juicy pears. Did You Say... Read more >
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A Kick in the Head
A Kick in the Head
Illustrated by Chris Raschka, Compiled by Paul B. Janeczko
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780763606626
Our Price: $17.99
 Quantity: 1 
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A Kick in the Head
An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms
Illustrated by Chris Raschka
Compiled by Paul B. Janeczko


Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: March 3, 2005
Price: $17.99

From the simplest couplet to the mind-boggling pantoum, the award-winning team behind A POKE IN THE I shows us the many fascinating ways poetic forms take shape.


Please
Open this book for something
Extraordinary.
Twenty-nine different poetic forms await you
Inside these pages. How many
Can you master?

From sonnets to double dactyls,
Odes to limericks—
Raschka and Janeczko (and... Read more >
Also available as a trade paperback.
A Poke in the I
A Poke in the I
Edited by Paul B. Janeczko, Illustrated by Chris Raschka
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780763623760
Our Price: $7.99
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A Poke in the I
A Collection of Concrete Poems
Edited by Paul B. Janeczko
Illustrated by Chris Raschka


Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: March 3, 2005
Price: $7.99

"These aren't poems to read aloud, but to look at and laugh at together, with young children and especially older readers, who will enjoy the surprise of what words look like and what can be done with them." —BOOKLIST (starred review)

Concrete poems startle and delight the eye and mind. The size... Read more >
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