Poetry Friday is hosted today by Robyn Hood Black.
Just for fun -- My selection is "I've Lost My Hippopotamus: more than 100 poems" by Jack Prelutsky with illustrations by Jackie
Urbanovic.
For
those of you who are familiar with Prelutsky's verses, I could probably stop
here. Funny, silly, absurd and imaginative are just a few of the words to
describe the variety of work gathered in this volume. Prelutsky offers his young readers an array
of forms from haiku to concrete. Topics range from the believable to the impossible
as in the imaginary melding of animals and fruit that appears in "The
Pelicantaloupes."
Urbanovic's fun-filled cartoon
style artwork is a perfect reflection of the verses.
3 comments:
This is a new Prelutsky for me. I think I've read most of his books. Thanks for sharing this one.
This is a perennial favorite in my classroom!
Love Jack Prelutsky! I'm all for funny, silly, absurd and imaginative!
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