Nonsense verses describe the python, porcupine, scorpion, crocodile, vulture, bison, viper, llama, chamois, frozen mammoth, and microbe.

Another side-splitting collection of poetry from beloved children's poet Kenn Nesbitt!

Following up the bestselling collection, My Hippo Has the Hiccups, Kenn Nesbitt dares to go where no poet has gone before, creating a whole host of laugh-out-loud scenarios involving animals doing extreme sports.

Kids love Kenn's clever word play and wonderful imagery. This collection also includes an audio CD of Kenn reading the

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So put on your pith helmet and prepare to explore a wilderness of puns and rhymes where birds, beasts, vegetables, and flowers have been mysteriously scrambled together to create creatures you've never seen before -- and are unlikely to meet again! Your guides -- Jack Prelutsky, poet laureate of the elementary school set, and two-time Caldecott Honor artist Peter Sis -- invite you to join them on an adventure you will never forget!

"A howling wolf, a stalking tiger, a playful panda, a dancing bird--pairing the stunning photography of National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore with the delicate poetry of Newbery award-winning author Kwame Alexander, this lush picture book celebrates the beauty, diversity, and fragility of the animal world. Featuring more than 40 unique animal portraits, the pages invite kids to explore each creature's markings, textures, and attributes in...

A collection of humorous poetry about animals by well-known poets.

In this outstanding picture book collection of poems by Newbery Honor-winning poet, Joyce Sidman (Song of the Water Boatman, Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night), discover how animals stay alive in the wintertime and learn about their secret lives happening under the snow. Paired with stunning linoleum print illustrations by Rick Allen, that celebrate nature's beauty and power.

A collection of humorous poems about such animals as the walrus, anteater, and boa.

A collection of poems that tells how such animals as alligators, bats, penguins, bumble bees, and skunks use their different senses.