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A boy who turns into a TV set and a girl who eats a whale are only two of the characters in a collection of humorous poetry illustrated with the author's own drawings. Come in - for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's world begins. The Unicorn and the Bloath live there, and so does Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take the garbage out. It is a place where you wash your shadow and plant diamond gardens, a place where shoes fly, sisters...
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"To understand why people say 'Dear old Kansas!" is to understand that Kansas is no mere geographical expression, but a 'state of mind,' a religion, and a philosophy in one," writes historian Carl Becker in the classic 1910 essay that leads off this volume. Like Becker, the twelve other essayists and four poets try to map the spiritual topography of Kansas and explain why this particular patch of prairie is so dear. They share the conviction that...
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Runny Babbit lent to wunch And heard the saitress way, "We have some lovely stabbit rew -- Our Special for today." From the legendary creator of Where the Sidewalk Ends , A Light in the Attic , Falling Up , and The Giving Tree comes an unforgettable new character in children's literature. Welcome to the world of Runny Babbit and his friends Toe Jurtle, Skertie Gunk, Rirty Dat, Dungry Hog, Snerry Jake, and many others who speak a topsy-turvy language...
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"Silly old bear,""the best bear in the world," -- here comes Pooh walking through the forest, humming proudly to himself. This time he and his friends, Christopher Robin, Eeyore, Owl, Piglet, and Kanga and Little Roo, are joined by the hilarious Tigger. Their escapades are the funniest reading anywhere.
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Join the free-for-all fun at the public library with these book-loving bats! Shape shadows on the walls, frolic in the water fountain, and roam the book-filled halls untilit's time for everyine, youung and old, to settle down into the enchantment of stortime. -- back cover.
10) Harlem: a poem
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Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
c1997
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English
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A poem celebrating the people, sights, and sounds of Harlem.
13) Little tree
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The poet/individualist's ode to a small tree decorated for Christmas and proud to receive admiring attention.
17) A was an angler
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Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c1991
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This nonsense rhyme, based on a Mother Goose verse, introduces the letters from A (Angler) to Z (Zebra).