Thirteen classic poems by poets such as Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, and David McCord are paired with parodies that honor and play off of the original poems in a range of ways. For example, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" is paired with "Stopping by Fridge on a Hungry Evening" to hilarious effect, whereas the combination of Emily Dickinson's "'Hope' is the thing with feathers" with Lewis's "'Grief' is the thing with tissues" is profound, and both David McCord's "This Is My Rock" and Lewis's "This Is My Tree" hum with a sense of wonder. This playful introduction to classics will inspire imagination and wonder even as it tickles funny bones.

 

 

This book is aimed at children at US kindergarten-4th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 5-9 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published in 2017 by Astra Publishing House .

J. PATRICK LEWIS has written more than thirty-five books for children, including Please Bury Me in the Library , illustrated by Kyle M. Stone. He lives in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Julie Sternberg is the author of the best-selling Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie and its sequel, Like Bug Juice on a Burger . Formerly a public interest lawyer, she is a graduate of the New School's MFA program in Creative Writing, with a concentration in writing for children. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York. juliesternberg. com. Johanna Wright lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband, fuzzy cats, and two young children. She's illustrated Clover Twig and the Magical Cottage , Clover Twig and the Perilous Path , and several picture books, including The Secret Circus and Bunnies on Ice . johannawright. com.