The Swamps of Sleethe: Poems from Beyond the Solar System (Hardcover) by Jack Prelutsky

from carolcavedon

The second poetry book I chose is called "The Swamps of Sleethe - poems from beyond the solar system" by Jack Prelutsky and illustrated by Jimmy Pickering. The quality of the art is very good. The illustrator used dark colors to represent the universe but he highlighted important focus of light. ...

from ebruno

A collection of poems about aliens and plantes and outer space. This creative book offers a spooky tone and may help the class get into creative writting.

from jkessluk

A fantastic space themed poetry book that has really good, dark, powerful, yet fun art. The characters go through different worlds and short poems about the bad that happens to them as they explore these worlds. I think it makes young boys, who are completely uninterested in poetry, which are mos...

from Bamulholland

Interesting book that depicts the possible life forms on other planets through poetry. The poems are very imaginative and constructed along with the illustrations well.

from CatherineWillett

"The Swamps of Sleethe" was a funny, yet creepy, collection of poems about fictional planets. What I liked most was how creative the poems were. Since all the planets were fictional, they had made up names that were fun to read. Sometimes, the planet names are scrambled, such as "Drifig Prime" in...