There's No Place Like School: Classroom Poems: Prelutsky, Jack, Manning, Jane

From school Library Journal Kindergarten-Grade 3 This collection of 18 short and funny poems by 13 different writers covers topics like riding the bus to the struggles of learning cursive all dear to the hearts of their intended audience Prelutsky's Grasshopper Gumbo lists the offerings in the school cafeteria: Grasshopper Gumo/Iguana Tail Tarts/Toad À La Mode/Pickled Pelican Parts....

Manning's watercolors add colorful splashes of humor her round-faced children are comical and cute.

While this book has a lot in its favor, it's unfortunately an addition to an already crowded field of light verse about school Libraries that have Carol Diggory Shields' Lunch Money or Prelutsky's What a Day It Was at School! might want to consider this title as a fun but nonessential purchase Lauralyn Persson Wilmette Public Library IL Copyright Reed Business Information a division of Reed Elsevier Inc All rights reserved.

From Booklist Prelutsky follows What a Day It Was at School 2006 with another picture-book collection of poems that range from the classroom to the cafeteria to the playground Contributed by well-known poets including Carol Diggory Shields and Lee Bennett Hop