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Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant and Other Poems
By Prelutsky, Jack
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-06054-317-4 978-0-06054-318-1
- Publisher
- Greenwillow
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2006
Gr 3-6 Prelutsky is one of the best word crafters in the business, and this collection does not disappoint. Each entry is about a creature that is part animal and part inanimate object. For instance, the Alarmadillos have alarm clocks for bodies, and the Ballpoint P...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on November 1, 2006
Berger's sophisticated visual wit pairs with Prelutsky's verbal ingenuity to create unconventional animals—the Ocelock, the Clocktopus, and the Tubaboons, to name a few. In each of the seventeen poems, Prelutsky combines an animal with an inanimate object and then evokes the purpose of the object in the animal's behavior. An elephant extends into an Umbrellaphant, w...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
