This Is Just to SayIf you're looking for a nice happy bookput this one down and run away quicklyForgive me sweetness and good cheer are boringInspired by William Carlos Williams's famous poem "This Is Just to Say," Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levine delivers a wickedly funny collection of her o[...]
Nine-year-old Sam loves fishing with his dad. So when his pesky little sister, Lucy, horns in on their fishing trip, he's none too pleased: "Where's my stringer? / Something's wrong / The princess doll does not belong " All ends well in this winsome book of poems--each labeled with its proper poeti[...]
'Forgive Me, I Meant to do It' is a collection of funny and original false apology poems that gleefully imagine how tricksters feel about the mischief they make.[...]
I had a bad August. A very bad August. As bad as pickle juice on a cookie. As bad as a spider web on your leg. I hope your August was better. I really do...Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie tells the story of an 8-year-old girl named Eleanor whose beloved babysitter, Bibi, has to move away to take care [...]
"I hate camp. I just hate it. I wish I didn't. But I do. Being here is worse than bug juice on a burger. Or homework on Thanksgiving. Or water seeping into my shoes." In this sequel to Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie, Eleanor is off to summer camp. At first she's excited, but when she gets there she f[...]
In this third installment from the author/illustrator team of Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie and Like Bug Juice on a Burger, a new girl at school throws Eleanor's relationship with her best friend Pearl into disarray. At first, she's excited about the possibility of a new friend, but when Pearl is as[...]