Humorous Poetry – Granite Media

Crawly School for Bugs: Poems to Drive You Buggy, by David L. Harrison and Julie Bayless

March 18, 2019 March 18, 2019 / Best Children's Nonfiction, Best New Books, Book Reviews, Elem. Nonfiction / Leave a Comment

Crawly School for Bugs: Poems to Drive You Buggy Poems by David L. Harrison, Illustrated by Julie Bayless

No Fair! No Fair! and other Jolly Poems of Childhood

January 13, 2017 January 12, 2017 / Book Reviews, Elem. Nonfiction / Leave a Comment

Poems by Calvin Trillin, Pictures by Roz Chast

Hypnotize a Tiger

December 11, 2015 December 10, 2015 / Best Children's Nonfiction, Best New Books, Book Reviews, Elem. Nonfiction / Leave a Comment

Poems About Just About Everything By Calef Brown

Stardines Swim High Across The Sky and other Poems

January 7, 2014 January 7, 2014 / Best Children's Nonfiction, Best Picture Books, Book Reviews, Elem. Nonfiction, Picture Books / Leave a Comment

Written by Jack Prelutsky, Illustrated by Carin Berger

I’ve Lost My Hippopotamus

April 11, 2012 April 10, 2012 / Best Children's Nonfiction, Elem. Nonfiction / Leave a Comment

Poems by Jack Prelutsky, Illustrations by Jackie Urbanovic

Forgive Me, I Meant to Do It: False Apology Poems

April 11, 2012 April 10, 2012 / Elem. Nonfiction / Leave a Comment

Poems by Gail Carson Levine, Illustrations by Matthew Cordell

Around the World on Eighty Legs

May 25, 2011 May 25, 2011 / Elem. Nonfiction, Picture Books / Leave a Comment

This is a fun book of poetry about animals around the world. It is filled with short, humorous poems that describe various animals, such as “Ocelot” It may be true that ocelot has got an awful lot of spots (an awful, awful, awful lot). But please don’t call them polak dots. There are pronouncing helps …

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