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Something Big Has Been Here


School year: Year 5, Year 6, Year 7, Year 8, Year 9

No. of pages 160

Published: 2010

Great for age 7-14 years

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A poetry collection to tickle your funny bone, Something Big Has Been Here features more than 100 original poems and black-and-white drawings from the best-selling team of Jack Prelutsky and James Stevenson. Here are four ferocious tigers, a meat loaf that defies an ax, five flying hot dogs-and many, many more people, animals, and things that are destined to become a part of the lives of everyone who loves to laugh. Ages: 5 - 10

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

There are 160 pages in this book.

This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+).

This book was published in 2010 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc .

Jack Prelutsky is the best-selling author of more than fifty books of poetry, including The New Kid on the Block, illustrated by James Stevenson, and Stardines Swim High Across the Sky, illustrated by Carin Berger. Jack Prelutsky lives in Washington State.

 

This book has been nominated for the following award:

Kentucky Blue Grass Award - Grades 4-8
This book was recognised in the Grades 4-8 category by the Kentucky Blue Grass Award.

"Undeniably a winner with children."-- ALA "Booklist "(starred review)"Prelutsky's new collection of over 100 funny poems will convert to poetry lovers many elementary readers, who will laugh knowingly at his outrageous exaggerations" -- "School Library Journal" (starred review)"His rhymes are infectious, his verses ineradicable." --" Kirkus Reviews" (bullet)"An unerring choice of subjects close to the hearts of children, a precise selection of the perfect word, and a ready humor are indisputably at his command."-- "The Horn Book"