Quick books, quick review

Shel Siverstein, Runny Babbit, not very good work. The recurring theme of letter transpostion was clever for two poems, but not a book. Hmpht!

Jack Prelustsky, poet, A Pizza the Size of the Sun, fanciful, whimsical, fun. Coupled with James Stevenson (greyscale) illustration make for a good book of poems. Adults might also find many of the poems quirky and cute as well.

English Freshly Squeezed by Carol Diggory Shields is interesting. While not every page is gorgeously crafted, it does use each topic in each poem. One topic, exclamation marks, using them the ends of each sentence, crafted in such a way that they are not wasted or added only for color. If a school or class wanted to demonstrate grammar and poetry, this is it! A+ material for introducing grammar with clever, helpful, fun poems.