Have you ever encountered an underwater marching band, a pig in a bathing suit, a pet orangutan, or a witch in a hardware store? Have you ever sat with a skunk in a courtroom,...
Something Big Has Been Here
As soon as Fred gets out of bed, his underwear goes on his head. His mother laughs, "Don't put it there, a head's no place for underwear!" But near his ears, above his brains, is...
Stardines Swim High Across the Sky And Other Poems
The poet, author, and indomitable naturalist Jack Prelutsky, having returned safely from far-flung places with an extensive collection of unique creatures that are a blending of...
An Interview With Jack Prelutsky
Jack Prelutsky writes wonderfully wacky poems that children find irresistible. In this interview, Jack Prelutsky explains why he used to equate reading poetry with eating liver...
The New Kid on the Block
I'd rather take bathswith a man-eating shark,or wrestle a lionalone in the dark,eat spinach and liver,pet ten porcupines,than tackle the homeworkmy teacher assigns.Jellyfish...
In Aunt Giraffe's Green Garden
Impossible to listen to only once, these exuberant poems are filled to the brim with smiles and silliness and are sure to be loved by children from Miami to Seattle.So much to...
Stardines Swim High Across the Sky
The poet, author, and indomitable naturalist Jack Prelutsky, having returned safely from far-flung places with an extensive collection of unique creatures that are a blending of...
It's Raining Pigs and Noodles
Here are more poems bursting to be listened to, chanted, laughed over, and remembered.It would be hard to find a school-age kid who has not read or heard a Prelutsky poem and who...
Scranimals
So put on your pith helmet and prepare to explore a wilderness of puns and rhymes where birds, beasts, vegetables, and flowers have been mysteriously scrambled together to create...
