Jack Prelutsky

Jack Prelutsky, what kind of poetry does he write?

i know hw writes funny stuff for kids and everything, but i heard somewhere that he writes things that are scary? and what happened in the 1950′s-early 60′s that might influence his writing?

I’ve read and had my students read lots of Jack Prelutsky stuff. I consider most of his stuff great for kids. Every author has something, however, that drove him or her to write in the first place. Check out this bio–Biography is very good at telling the best and worst aspects.

Today is Very Boring, by Jack Prelutsky

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Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young $9.99 Poems about picnics, pretending, and puppies make this book the book to introduce little ones to poetry about the world around them. Jack Prelutsky, one of today’s most respected children’s poets, has selected more than 200 short poems–old favorites, traditional rhymes, and humorous verses–that will delight young listeners. The poems cover a wide range of experiences in a young child’s lif…

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Its Halloween By Prelutsky, Jack $29.59 Ghosts, pumpkins, witches, and black cats abound in original Halloween poems for the beginning reader Author: Prelutsky, Jack Publication Date: 2001/03/01 Binding Type: Prebind Grade Level: 12 Language: English Depth: 0.25 Width: 6.25 Height: 8.50

The New Kid on the Block By Prelutsky, Jack $25.49 Poems take a humorous look at alley cats, wornout shirts, games of hideandseek, the worlds worst juggler, headaches, toys, revolving doors, alligators, and brothers Author: Prelutsky, Jack Publication Date: 1984/08/01 Binding Type: Hardcover Grade Level: 23 Language: English Depth: 1.00 Width: 7.50 Height: 9.25

Ride a Purple Pelican By Prelutsky, Jack $26.26 A collection of short nonsense verses and nursery rhymes introducing such characters as Cincinnati Patty, Justin Austin and Pennington Poe Author: Prelutsky, Jack Publication Date: 1986/10/01 Binding Type: Hardcover Grade Level: 23 Language: English Depth: 0.50 Width: 9.00 Height: 11.25

Imagine That by Prelutsky, Jack; Hawkes, Kevin; Prelutsky, Jack Edition , 0 $13.49 There’s the Flotz who gobbles dots (watch out if you have freckles), the Phillyloo Bird and the Wendigo, the Hum Bug Machine and the Ogglewop…just try to imagine them! This glorious gathering of 50 poems about imaginary monsters, machines, and other weird things is guaranteed to poke, prod, tease, and tickle a child’s own powers of imagination. Here are tales that are a little bit spooky, inspire creative thinking, and are downright funny from such poets as Dr. Seuss, Lewis Carroll, Ogden Nash, John Ciardi, Spike Milligan, and of course Jack Prelutsky, along with the lively paintings of Kevin Hawkes. This collection is first rate!  

It’s Snowing! It’s Snowing! by Prelutsky, Jack Abolafia, Yossi Edition ILL, 0 $12.99 From master of rhyme Jack Prelutsky comes a flurry of winter poetry just right to usher in the season of ice and snow!

It’s Raining Pigs & Noodles by Prelutsky, Jack Prelutsky, Jack Edition ABR, 0 $18.49 Here are more poems bursting to be listened to, chanted, laughed over, and remembered. It would be hard to find a school-age kid who has not read or heard a Prelutsky poem and who does not want to hear another. He plays with the language and encourages listeners to revel in the game. Puns, jokes, wordplay and shape play, wit, silliness, slapstick, and joy abound. Some of the poems are about people, some are about animals. And some are about things that never were (and that one hopes never will be). Be warned: Listen to a poem once and you will love it. Listen to it several times and it will be part of you forever.

The Baby Uggs Are Hatching by Prelutsky, Jack Stevenson, James Stevenson, James Edition ILL, 0 $13.49 The Baby Uggs Are Hatching. Prelutsky, Jack Stevenson, James Stevenson, James

It’s Thanksgiving! by Prelutsky, Jack; Hafner, Marylin Edition , 0 $12.99 It's time for turkey! The parade is about to start. The pumpkin pie is in the oven. The whole family is gathered around the table. And everybody wants to pull the wishbone! From Children's Poet Laureate Jack Prelutsky comes a scrumptious helping of twelve Thanksgiving poems to enjoy every day of the year!

Its Christmas By Prelutsky, Jack/ Hafner, Marylin (ILT) $24.73 Funny and festive, this holiday collection contains readaloud and easytomemorize poems for each of the twelve days of Christmas. Author: Prelutsky, Jack/ Hafner, Marylin (ILT) Series Title: I Can Read Publication Date: 2008/10/01 Number of Pages: 48 Binding Type: Hardcover Grade Level: 12 Language: English Depth: 0.75 Width: 6.25 Height: 9.50

The Swamps of Sleethe By Prelutsky, Jack/ Pickering, Jimmy (ILT) $24.73 Offers middle readers a collection of poems about the grandeur and mysteries of worlds beyond our solar system, enhanced with anagrams and fullcolor illustrations, from the nations first Childrens Poet Laureate. Author: Prelutsky, Jack/ Pickering, Jimmy (ILT) Subtitle: Poems from Beyond the Solar System Publication Date: 2009/03/10 Number of Pages: 40 Binding Type: Hardcover Grade Level: 46 Language: English Depth: 0.50 Width: 7.50 Height: 9.50

Something Big Has Been Here By Prelutsky, Jack/ Stevenson, James (ART) $33.38 Author: Prelutsky, Jack/ Stevenson, James (ART) Publication Date: 2010/03/01 Number of Pages: 160 Binding Type: Prebind Grade Level: 12 Language: English Depth: 0.75 Width: 7.25 Height: 8.75

Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry by Prelutsky, Jack Edition , 0 $13.99 Have you ever tried to write a poem about a pizza? How about a pig? How about a pigeon, penguin, potato, Ping-Pong, parrot, puppy, pelican, porcupine, pie, pachyderm, or your parents?Jack Prelutsky has written more than a thousand poems about all of these things—and many others. In this book he gives you the inside scoop on writing poetry and shows you how you can turn your own experiences and stories about your family, your pets, and your friends into poems. He offers tips, advice, and secrets about writing and provides some fun exercises to help you get started (or unstuck). You'll also get a behind-the-scenes look at the ingredients of some of his most popular poems. If you are a poet, want to be a poet, or if you have to write a poem for homework and you just need some help, this is the book for you!

Wild Witches’ Ball by Prelutsky, Jack Asbury, Kelly Edition , 0 $14.99 Poet Jack Prelutsky works his magic once again to deliver a Halloween treat in this story of a group of ghoulish girls who come together for the spookiest party of the year. Whimsical verses encourage youngsters to count backward from ten to one. Full color.

It’s Snowing! It’s Snowing! by Prelutsky, Jack; Abolafia, Yossi Edition ILL, 0 $13.49 It's winter!The trees are bare, the days are short, and the first sparkling snowflakes are falling from the sky.Master of rhyme Jack Prelutsky creates a flurry of winter verse, just right for ushering in the season of ice and snow. Lively, warmth-filled illustrations by Yossi Abolafia enhance these sixteen delightful poems.

What a Day It Was at School! by Prelutsky, Jack Cushman, Doug Edition , 0 $13.49 Through 17 silly poems, Prelutsky shares his hilarious views and the triumphseveryone has experienced at school, from science projects gone awry to fieldstrips and dreaded fractions. Full color.

It’s Halloween by Prelutsky, Jack Hafner, Marylin Edition PRB, 0 $25.99 Thirteen poems to spice up the holiday that ghouls and ghosts love most. Prelutsky’s Nightmares tamed for beginning readers. They’re catchy at the most rudimentary level.–Kirkus Reviews.

It’s Halloween by Prelutsky, Jack; Hafner, Marylin Edition ILL, 0 $14.49 Thirteen poems to spice up the holiday that ghouls and ghosts love most. Prelutsky's Nightmares tamed for beginning readers. They're catchy at the most rudimentary level.–Kirkus Reviews.

A Pizza the Size of the Sun by Prelutsky, Jack; Stevenson, James Edition ILL, 0 $20.49 Jack Prelutsky is widely acknowledged as the poet laureate of the younger generation. (And many people would happily see him crowned with no age qualification.) The New Kid on the Block and Something Big Has Been Here are household words wherever there are kids.Here is another wondrously rich, varied, clever – and always funny – collection. Meet Miss Misinformation, Swami Gourami, and Gladiola Gloppe (and her Soup Shoppe), and delight in a backwards poem, a poem that ever ends, and scores of others that will be changed, read, and loved by readers of every age. The Prelutsky-Stevenson duo is irresistible. Whether you begin at the beginning or just open the book at random, you won't stop smiling.

A Pizza the Size of the Sun by Prelutsky, Jack; Stevenson, James Edition ILL, 1 $26.49 Jack Prelutsky is widely acknowledged as the poet laureate of the younger generation. (And many people would happily see him crowned with no age qualification.) The New Kid on the Block and Something Big Has Been Here are household words wherever there are kids.Here is another wondrously rich, varied, clever – and always funny – collection. Meet Miss Misinformation, Swami Gourami, and Gladiola Gloppe (and her Soup Shoppe), and delight in a backwards poem, a poem that ever ends, and scores of others that will be changed, read, and loved by readers of every age. The Prelutsky-Stevenson duo is irresistible. Whether you begin at the beginning or just open the book at random, you won't stop smiling.

Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! by Prelutsky, Jack Edition ILL, 0 $21.49 Started by Dr. Seuss, finished by Jack Prelutsky, and illustrated by Lane Smith, Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! is a joyous ode to individuality starring unsinkable teacher Miss Bonkers and the quirky Diffendoofer School (which must prove it has taught its students how to think–or have them sent to dreary Flobbertown). Included is an introduction by Dr. Seuss’s longtime editor explaining how the book came to be and reproductions of Dr. Seuss’s original pencil sketches and hand-printed notes for the book—a true find for all Seuss collectors!  Jack Prelutsky and Lane Smith pay homage to the Good Doctor in their own distinctive ways, the result of which is the union of three one-of-a-kind voices in a brand-new, completely original book that is greater than the sum of its parts. For all of us who will never forget our school days and that special teacher, here is a book to give and to get.

The Jack Prelutsky Holiday Audio Collection: Includes: It’s Halloween, It’s Thanksgiving, It’s Christmas, & It’s Valentine’s Day $12.95 The poet laureate of the preposterous takes on the wonders and absurdity of the holidays in this collection of poetry read by Prelutsky himself. From Valentine’s Day to Christmas, Prelutsky captures these milestones of childhood with delightfully silly poems. Unabridged. 1 CD.

Awful Ogres Awful Day By Prelutsky, Jack/ Zelinsky, Paul O. (ILT) $14.46 Young readers can view a dayinthelife of Awful Ogre as he sets forth to enjoy a perfectly awful day doing all kinds of weird and wonderful things, such as petting his tarantula and playing the bongo drums. Reprint. Author: Prelutsky, Jack/ Zelinsky, Paul O. (ILT) Publication Date: 2005/08/01 Number of Pages: 40 Binding Type: Paperback Grade Level: 12 Language: English Depth: 0.25 Width: 9.25 Height: 12.25

The Dragons Are Singing Tonight By Prelutsky, Jack/ Sis, Peter (ILT) $14.46 A collection of enchanting poems and paintings about dragons includes, Im an Amiable Dragon, If You Dont Believe in Dragons, and A Dragon Is in My Computer. Reprint. Author: Prelutsky, Jack/ Sis, Peter (ILT) Publication Date: 1998/08/01 Number of Pages: 40 Binding Type: Paperback Grade Level: 23 Language: English Depth: 0.25 Width: 9.25 Height: 12.25

Ride a Purple Pelican By Prelutsky, Jack/ Williams, Garth (ILT) $15.22 Young children join a fantastical journey from Saskatoon to New York on the wings of a purple pelican with Cincinnati Patty, Buntington Bunny, and other colorful characters, in a delightful anthology of poetry. Reprint. Author: Prelutsky, Jack/ Williams, Garth (ILT) Subtitle: Rhymes Publication Date: 1997/09/01 Binding Type: Paperback Grade Level: 23 Language: English Depth: 0.25 Width: 8.50 Height: 11.25

A Pizza the Size of the Sun By Prelutsky, Jack/ Stevenson, James (ILT) $33.68 A hilarious collection of funfilled and wacky poems features a backwards poem, a poem that never ends, and such eccentric characters as Miss Misinformation, Swami Gourami, and Gladiola Gloppe. 115,000 first printing. Tour. Author: Prelutsky, Jack/ Stevenson, James (ILT) Subtitle: Poems Publication Date: 1996/08/01 Binding Type: Library Grade Level: 34 Language: English Depth: 1.25 Width: 7.50 Height: 9.75

Hooray for Diffendoofer Day By Seuss, Dr./ Prelutsky, Jack/ Smith, Lane (ILT) $32.68 The students of Diffendoofer School celebrate their unusual teachers and curriculum, including Miss Fribble who teaches laughing, and Miss Bonkers who teaches frogs to dance Author: Seuss, Dr./ Prelutsky, Jack/ Smith, Lane (ILT) Publication Date: 1998/05/01 Binding Type: Library Grade Level: 12 Language: English Depth: 0.50 Width: 8.50 Height: 11.75

Something Big Has Been Here By Prelutsky, Jack/ Stevenson, James (ILT) $26.26 This collection of humorous poems includes such characters as four vain and ancient tortoises, a rat of culture, Super Samson Simpson, a meat loaf that defies an ax, and five flying hotdogs Author: Prelutsky, Jack/ Stevenson, James (ILT) Publication Date: 1990/08/01 Binding Type: Hardbound Grade Level: 12 Language: English Depth: 1.00 Width: 7.50 Height: 9.25

Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant By Prelutsky, Jack/ Berger, Carin (ILT) $24.73 Accompanied by vibrant collage illustrations, a wonderfully wacky collection of seventeen poems introduces a vast array of colorful characters, who are part creature, part inanimate object, from the ballpoint penguin to the spatuloon. Author: Prelutsky, Jack/ Berger, Carin (ILT) Subtitle: And Other Poems Publication Date: 2006/10/01 Number of Pages: 32 Binding Type: Hardcover Grade Level: 23 Language: English Depth: 0.50 Width: 11.50 Height: 9.75

My Dog May Be a Genius By Prelutsky, Jack/ Stevenson, James (ILT) $26.26 Have you ever encountered an underwater marching band, a pig in a bathing suit, a pet orangutan, or a witch in a hardware store? Have you ever sat with a skunk in a courtroom, shopped for a dinosaur, or conversed with a Bupple, a Wosstrus, a Violinnet, or a Celloon? You will have, once youve read collection of poems. Author: Prelutsky, Jack/ Stevenson, James (ILT) Publication Date: 2008/03/01 Number of Pages: 159 Binding Type: Hardcover Grade Level: 12 Language: English Depth: 1.25 Width: 7.50 Height: 9.25

It’s Christmas! by Prelutsky, Jack; Hafner, Marylin Edition ILL, 0 $19.99 Christmas is coming! And from choosing the perfect tree, to receiving a gift of underwear from a relative, to seeing Santas everywhere you look, these twelve easy-to-read poems treat readers to a funny and festive look at favorite holiday traditions.This merry collection of Christmas verse by Children's Poet Laureate Jack Prelutsky and acclaimed illustrator Marylin Hafner is sure to put anyone in the holiday spirit!

It’s Raining Pigs and Noodles by Prelutsky, Jack; Stevenson, James Edition ILL, 0 $15.99 It's raining pigs and noodles,it's pouring frogs and hats,chrysanthemums and poodles,bananas, brooms, and cats.The master of mischievous rhyme, Jack Prelutsky, and his partner in crime, James Stevenson, have whipped up a storm of more than one hundred hilarious poems and zany drawings. Grab your umbrella — and make sure it's a big one!

Ride a Purple Pelica by Prelutsky, Jack; Williams, Garth Edition ILL, 0 $13.49 It is hard to believe that Cincinnati Patty, Justin Austin, Pennington Poe, and the little pink pig in Arkansas have not been chanted and sung about by children for generations. But it is not hard to believe that they Will be chanted and sung about for generations to come! Jack Prelutsky and Garth Williams have created a nursery world, peopled with unforgettable characters. Come and meet your new friends. They will be old friends soon!

Ride a Purple Pelican by Prelutsky, Jack; Williams, Garth Edition ILL, 0 $13.49 It is hard to believe that Cincinnati Patty, Justin Austin, Pennington Poe, and the little pink pig in Arkansas have not been chanted and sung about by children for generations. But it is not hard to believe that they Will be chanted and sung about for generations to come! Jack Prelutsky and Garth Williams have created a nursery world, peopled with unforgettable characters. Come and meet your new friends. They will be old friends soon!

The Swamps of Sleethe by Prelutsky, Jack; Pickering, Jimmy Edition , 0 $19.99 Jack Prelutsky’s exploration of outer space is not for the faint of heart. No friendly little E.T.–type aliens await your arrival. There are many imaginative ways to perish in these darkly comedic cautionary verses about unexplored worlds so far beyond our solar system. The final poem is an environmental tour de force that packs a wallop. Here are poems the older reader will find great fun to memorize and rattle off to anyone who will listen! And there is a special bonus: anagrams for the kid who loves word puzzles.

Dog Days by Prelutsky, Jack; Wolcott, Dyanna Edition , 0 $13.49 I am a dog who scribbles rhymesAbout my many happy times.I wrote this book to make it clearThat I have fun around the year.Learning about the twelve months of the year is more fun than ever with Jack Prelutsky’s rhymes and Dyanna Wolcott’s illustrations. Told and pictured from a dog’s point of view, this bright little book makes you want to kick up your heels and be a dog for a day!

It’s Christmas by Prelutsky, Jack; Hafner, Marylin Edition ILL, 0 $14.49 Twelve humorous, easy-to-read poems that celebrate the spirit of Christmas. The poems cover subjects of interest to children–making a Christmas list, performing in the school assembly, cutting a Christmas tree. Children enjoy Prelutsky's poetry, and`this book should prove no exception.–School Library Journal.

Read a Rhyme, Write a Rhyme by Prelutsky, Jack; So, Meilo Edition , 0 $14.99 “Prelutsky has invented a method he calls ‘poemstarts’ to help children get started in writing poetry. He provides several introductory lines of a simple poem and then offers some open-ended suggestions for its completion. In this thematically organized collection, Prelutsky offers ten poemstarts on different popular themes, complemented by three short poems on the same subject by different authors. . . . Though the volume’s intent is as a springboard to writing poetry, the thoughtful selections and So’s winning watercolors make this a successful poetry collection even without the writing prompts.”—Kirkus Reviews, Starred

If Not for the Cat by Prelutsky, Jack; Rand, Ted Edition ILL, 0 $19.99 A creature whispers:If not for the cat,And the scarcity of cheese,I could be content.Who is this creature?What does it like to eat?Can you solve the riddle?Seventeen haiku composed by master poet Jack Prelutsky and illustrated by renowned artist Ted Rand ask you to think about seventeen favorite residents of the animal kingdom in a new way. On these glorious and colorful pages you will meet a mouse, a skunk, a beaver, a hummingbird, ants, bald eagles, jellyfish, and many others. Who is who? The answer is right in front of you. But how can you tell? Think and wonder and look and puzzle it out!

Good Sports by Prelutsky, Jack; Raschka, Chris Edition , 0 $14.99 Exhilarating, all-new, kid-friendly verses capture the range of emotions, from the thrill of winning to the agony of losing to the sheer joy of participating.  Jack Prelutsky, America’s first children’s poet laureate and a virtuoso at making poetry fun for the elementary school crowd, includes in this collection poems about the popular sports that kids play—team sports, individual sports, and even backyard frisbee tossing. The bouncy rhymes beg to be read aloud and lend themselves to easy recitation. Caldecott Medal Winner Chris Raschka’s stylized watercolors are a blaze of color and motion. An ALA-ALSC Notable Children’s Book of 2007, this exuberant picture book proves that poetry can be as much fun as playing games!