A Pizza the Size of the Sun Contributor(s): Prelutsky, Jack (Author), Stevenson, James (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0688132359 ISBN-13: 9780688132354 Publisher: Greenwillow Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 1996 * Out of Print * Annotation: From the gifted creators of the outrageously popular "The New Kid on the Block" and "Something Big Has Been Here" comes yet another wondrously rich, varied, clever--and always funny--collection of poems destined to become favorites. A host of Prelutsky-Stevenson oddballs and characters people the pages of this zany book, which also includes a backwards poem and a poem that never ends. Full color. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry - Humorous |
Dewey: 811.54 |
LCCN: 95035930 |
Age Level: 6-10 |
Grade Level: 1-5 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 7.5" W x 9.1" L (1.50 lbs) 160 pages |
Themes: - Theometrics - Secular |
Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product |
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 06/24/1996 pg. 61 School Library Journal 09/01/1996 pg. 219 Booklist 09/15/1996 pg. 241 SLJ's Best Books 12/01/1996 pg. 31 Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1996 pg. 153 - Superior,Well Above Average Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/1997 pg. 766 Kirkus Review - Children 07/15/1996 pg. 1054 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: From the best-selling team of Jack Prelutsky and James Stevenson, here is another collection of wondrously rich, clever, funny, and delectable poems and black-and-white drawings destined to become favorites. Discover and enjoy a dozen duhduhs, a puzzled python, and the coolest teenage hippopotamus you'll ever meet. Meet Miss Misinformation, Swami Gourami, and Gladiola Gloppe (and her Soup Shoppe), and delight in a backwards poem, a poem that ever ends, and scores of others that will be changed, read, and loved by readers of every age. Whether you begin at the beginning or just open the book at random, you won't stop smiling. "Prelutsky's a natural rhymester. He has a keen sense of what tickles kids."--Kirkus Reviews |
Contributor Bio(s): Stevenson, James: - James Stevenson is an op-ed contributor to the New York Times. His popular column, "Lost and Found New York," has appeared regularly in the newspaper since 2003. He was on the staff of The New Yorker for more than three decades; his work includes 2,000 cartoons and 80 covers, as well as reporting and fiction. He is also the author and illustrator of over 100 children's books. He lives in Connecticut. Prelutsky, Jack: -Jack Prelutsky is the best-selling author of more than fifty books of poetry, including The New Kid on the Block, illustrated by James Stevenson, and Stardines Swim High Across the Sky, illustrated by Carin Berger. Jack Prelutsky lives in Washington State. |
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