Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant
And Other Poems
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · September 26, 2006
Jack Prelutsky has written a series of truly inventive and entertaining poems that are perfectly paired with Carin Berger’s witty collage pieces.
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- Who it’s for
- Puns, rhymes, and witty collages make for a playful expedition into invented creatures.
- Themes
- Playful wordplay, Fantastical hybrid creatures
- Genres
- Poetry, Animal Stories, Magic & Fantasy
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Jack Prelutsky has written a series of truly inventive and entertaining poems that are perfectly paired with Carin Berger’s witty collage pieces. It’s a beautiful picture book with a look and feel unlike any of Prelutsky’s prior work. So put on your pith helmet and prepare to explore a wilderness of puns and rhymes where birds, beasts, vegetables, and flowers have been mysteriously scrambled together to create creatures you've never seen before—and are unlikely to meet again!
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Your guides—Jack Prelutsky, poet laureate of the elementary school set, and award-winning illustrator Carin Berger—invite you to join them on an adventure you will never forget!
A Menagerie of Wordplay
Puns, rhymes, and witty collages make for a playful expedition into invented creatures.
Come here for
- Merrily scrambled birds, beasts, vegetables, and flowers
- Poems that pair inventive wordplay with collage art
Expect
- A playful picture-book feel unlike Prelutsky’s prior work
- Creatures you’re unlikely to meet again
Where it sits
| Poetry | 85% |
|---|---|
| Magic & Fantasy | 43% |
| Animal Stories | 42% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Animal Stories
- Dog Stories
- Pet Stories
- Nocturnal Animals
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- Girls & Young Women
- Funny Stories
- Magic & Fantasy
- Sci-Fi
- Authors
- Jack Prelutsky
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- September 26, 2006
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Playful wordplay · Fantastical hybrid creatures
- Reading lane
- Animal Stories