The New Kid on the Block

Do you hate poetry books? They made me sick before I read the book The New Kid on the Block! It was written by Jack Prelustsky and illustrated by James Stevenson. The poems are fantastic, for example;

My baby brother is so small;

He hasn’t even learned how to crawl.

He’s only been around a week, and

Some of these poems will make you laugh till tears run down your face. This one really cracked me up!

I am running in a circle and

My feet are getting sore, and

My head is spinning spinning

As it’s spun before, I am dizzy dizzy

Oh I cannot bear much more;

I am trapped in a revolving …volving… volving…volving door!

[s1] You‘ve got to read this book!

Samantha Guilbeault

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