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Cabbagehead |
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Loris Lesynski |
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Doris Losey, School Library Journal 01/2004
Clever and funny poems, chants, and word games... colorful cartoon illustrations convey they humor of the poems.
Book Description
Thirty new poems from the author of Dirty Dog Boogie and Nothing Beats a Pizza! In her much-anticipated third collection of poetry, celebrated author Loris Lesynski explores the often frustrating ways in which our brains work. With her usual wit and irreverence, Loris presents jazzy, fun poems that speak to all of us. Who hasn't been perplexed by spelling or chased in the night by an idea that won't go away? Sometimes I'm a genius. Sometimes I'm a whiz. Sometimes I's a cabbagehead But even when I is, Dazzling dreams are going on, New ideas rock, My mind is always mine And knows I'll listen to it talk. Once again, Loris... |
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Zigzag |
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Loris Lesynski |
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1550378821 |
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From School Library Journal
PreSchool-K - Twenty-two silly rhymes about kindergarten life. Beginning with "Kindergarten Rocks!" the rollicking poems are full of energy and opportunities for participation. "Anything's a Drum" makes for an ideal action poem with the cadenced lines, "anything's a drum drum/a can can be a drum drum/tabletop's a drum drum/chair a double chum drum." There is a logical progression to the selections, beginning with a verse about the start of the school day and flowing naturally into offerings about art activities, the classroom hamster, alphabet and math games, walking home safely, and the comfort of an after-school kitchen. The watercolor cartoons show examples of student art projects and the joy of participating in classroom activities. Many of the selections are appropriate for fingerplays and action rhymes... |
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Cabbagehead |
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Loris Lesynski |
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1550378058 |
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Doris Losey, School Library Journal 01/2004
Clever and funny poems, chants, and word games... colorful cartoon illustrations convey they humor of the poems.
Book Description
Thirty new poems from the author of Dirty Dog Boogie and Nothing Beats a Pizza! In her much-anticipated third collection of poetry, celebrated author Loris Lesynski explores the often frustrating ways in which our brains work. With her usual wit and irreverence, Loris presents jazzy, fun poems that speak to all of us. Who hasn't been perplexed by spelling or chased in the night by an idea that won't go away? Sometimes I'm a genius. Sometimes I'm a whiz. Sometimes I's a cabbagehead But even when I is, Dazzling dreams are going on, New ideas rock, My mind is always mine And knows I'll listen to it talk. Once again, Loris... |
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Boy Soup |
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Loris Lesynksi |
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Hardcover |
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0613073886 |
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Catmagic |
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Loris Lesynski |
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Hardcover |
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0613245067 |
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Dirty Dog Boogie |
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Loris Lesynski |
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1550375725 |
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From School Library Journal
Grade 2-5-Although there are a few shaky instances of meter and rhyme in these poems, Lesynski fills them with a humor that will appeal to her audience and a rhythm that becomes musical when read aloud. Some of the selections are arranged in a quirky fashion that fits what they are trying to say. "Laaaaaaaziness" drifts diagonally down the page, while the untitled first poem dances up and down in angled lines across a double-page spread as it sings, "A boogie is a dance/and a boogie is a jive/and a boogie's just another way of saying I'M aLive." Lesynski also plays with fonts, spelling, and typefaces, with some words in bold while others are in light gray. She even has one poem entitled "I Hate Poetry!" for all of those students with assignments they loathe. Although her creative spelling-especially her... |
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Ogre Fun |
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Loris Lesynski |
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Hardcover |
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0613264576 |
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Dirty Dog Boogie |
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Loris Lesynski |
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1550375733 |
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From School Library Journal
Grade 2-5-Although there are a few shaky instances of meter and rhyme in these poems, Lesynski fills them with a humor that will appeal to her audience and a rhythm that becomes musical when read aloud. Some of the selections are arranged in a quirky fashion that fits what they are trying to say. "Laaaaaaaziness" drifts diagonally down the page, while the untitled first poem dances up and down in angled lines across a double-page spread as it sings, "A boogie is a dance/and a boogie is a jive/and a boogie's just another way of saying I'M aLive." Lesynski also plays with fonts, spelling, and typefaces, with some words in bold while others are in light gray. She even has one poem entitled "I Hate Poetry!" for all of those students with assignments they loathe. Although her creative spelling-especially her... |
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Night School |
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Loris Lesynski |
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061350352X |
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From Booklist
Ages 6-8. Bedtime is when night owl Eddie's mind really starts "rock-and-rolling." So, naturally, he's delighted to learn about Night School. At first, his new school is bliss, with its night-centric curriculum ("tons of nighttime topics for the stories they could write. They studied just the animals that stay awake at night"), although he's mocked by the other kids for being too "daytime" (no one brings sandwiches; lunches are chic hors d'oeuvres from the nightclub down the street). Gradually though, Eddie and his fellow new pupils realize that Night School is strictly for ghouls, and in a heart-pounding escape, they make it home. The story's outrageous, silly humor, written in lively rhyme, finds great visual expression in Lesynski's detailed, joke-packed drawings. Read alone or aloud, this offers plenty of lighthearted... |
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Night School |
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Loris Lesynski |
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1550375849 |
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From Booklist
Ages 6-8. Bedtime is when night owl Eddie's mind really starts "rock-and-rolling." So, naturally, he's delighted to learn about Night School. At first, his new school is bliss, with its night-centric curriculum ("tons of nighttime topics for the stories they could write. They studied just the animals that stay awake at night"), although he's mocked by the other kids for being too "daytime" (no one brings sandwiches; lunches are chic hors d'oeuvres from the nightclub down the street). Gradually though, Eddie and his fellow new pupils realize that Night School is strictly for ghouls, and in a heart-pounding escape, they make it home. The story's outrageous, silly humor, written in lively rhyme, finds great visual expression in Lesynski's detailed, joke-packed drawings. Read alone or aloud, this offers plenty of lighthearted... |
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Nothing Beats a Pizza |
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Loris Lesynski |
Book Review
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Hardcover |
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0613511182 |
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From School Library Journal
Grades 3-6--Lesynski is back again with her offbeat sense of humor, this time with a subject sure to appeal to kids-pizza. Problems with teachers, classmates, pets, and feelings are also included in rhyme, free verse, or rap. Most pages have ideas for creative activities that can be paired with the poems, making the book a useful addition for poetry units. The pages are filled with lighthearted illustrations that Lesynski states were done in "colored pencil, watercolor, house paint, tomato sauce, eyeshadow, rubber stamp-pad ink, and ordinary pencil." With that kind of creativity, it's easy to see how this book might stimulate students' imaginations and inspire them to write their own original creations. While this isn't Jack Prelutsky or Shel Silverstein, the verse will run a close second with reluctant... |
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Night School |
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Loris Lesynski |
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1550375857 |
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From Booklist
Ages 6-8. Bedtime is when night owl Eddie's mind really starts "rock-and-rolling." So, naturally, he's delighted to learn about Night School. At first, his new school is bliss, with its night-centric curriculum ("tons of nighttime topics for the stories they could write. They studied just the animals that stay awake at night"), although he's mocked by the other kids for being too "daytime" (no one brings sandwiches; lunches are chic hors d'oeuvres from the nightclub down the street). Gradually though, Eddie and his fellow new pupils realize that Night School is strictly for ghouls, and in a heart-pounding escape, they make it home. The story's outrageous, silly humor, written in lively rhyme, finds great visual expression in Lesynski's detailed, joke-packed drawings. Read alone or aloud, this offers plenty of lighthearted... |
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Boy Soup |
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Loris Lesynksi |
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1550374168 |
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Book Description
When Giant wakes up with a big hurting head and a sore raspy throat, he finds the cure is a bowl of Boy Soup! Giant captures five boys and Kate, who all protest his plan. But Kate soon comes up with her own remedy and convinces the Giant that the soup should be made, not of boys, but by boys.
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Boy Soup |
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Loris Lesynski |
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1550374176 |
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Nothing Beats a Pizza |
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Loris Lesynski |
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1550377000 |
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From School Library Journal
Grade 3-6-Lesynski is back again with her offbeat sense of humor, this time with a subject sure to appeal to kids-pizza. Problems with teachers, classmates, pets, and feelings are also included in rhyme, free verse, or rap. Most pages have ideas for creative activities that can be paired with the poems, making the book a useful addition for poetry units. The pages are filled with lighthearted illustrations that Lesynski states were done in "colored pencil, watercolor, house paint, tomato sauce, eyeshadow, rubber stamp-pad ink, and ordinary pencil." With that kind of creativity, it's easy to see how this book might stimulate students' imaginations and inspire them to write their own original creations. While this isn't Jack Prelutsky or Shel Silverstein, the verse will run a close second with... |
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Ogre Fun |
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Loris Lesynski |
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155037446X |
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Nothing Beats a Pizza |
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Loris Lesynski |
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1550377019 |
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From School Library Journal
Grades 3-6--Lesynski is back again with her offbeat sense of humor, this time with a subject sure to appeal to kids-pizza. Problems with teachers, classmates, pets, and feelings are also included in rhyme, free verse, or rap. Most pages have ideas for creative activities that can be paired with the poems, making the book a useful addition for poetry units. The pages are filled with lighthearted illustrations that Lesynski states were done in "colored pencil, watercolor, house paint, tomato sauce, eyeshadow, rubber stamp-pad ink, and ordinary pencil." With that kind of creativity, it's easy to see how this book might stimulate students' imaginations and inspire them to write their own original creations. While this isn't Jack Prelutsky or Shel Silverstein, the verse will run a close second with reluctant... |
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Ogre Fun |
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Loris Lesynski |
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Hardcover |
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1550374478 |
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