Jack Prelutsky is, as always, hilarious and positive. Great collection of amusing poetry. ( )

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Really enjoyed the poems in this book. At times I was reminded of pieces by Emily Dickinson. Weird? It would come to my head and instead of something somber the poem would become silly. It makes me wonder about the influences Prelutsky experienced. ( )

A cute poetry collection for kids--Shel Silverstein lite. Lots of puns, punchlines and nonsense. My seven-year-old thought it was pretty funny and had me read it every night until we were done.

Fun, rhythmic poems about animals, general silliness ("I Never Sit on Scrambled Eggs"), and hiding your vegetables. Prelutsky's subject matter and silliness remind me a bit of Shel Silverstein. The illustrations are fun, playful straightforward renditions of the subject matter, rather than using them to deliver a punch line as Silverstein often does. The rhythm and rhyme make for a bouncing read-aloud, which I think is the best fit for this book. Some of the words are pretty advanced, but fun to say, so I can imagine using this for younger elementary read-alouds or perhaps later in elementary to study common forms of rhyme.