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Wrinkled Rhymes
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · June 18, 2013
I'm a hand-me-down sweatshirt with zipper and hood.
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- Who it’s for
- Wry poems give outfits personalities, with an exuberant cast of animal characters along for the fun.
- Themes
- Personified clothing, Humorous poetry
- Genres
- Poetry, Clothing & Dress-Up, Animal Stories
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I'm a hand-me-down sweatshirt with zipper and hood. I'm everyone's favorite and still looking good. Clothes take on a personality all their own in this "fashionable" poetry collection. A colorful array of outfits are brought to vivid life by Alice Schertle's wry poetry and Petra Mathers's exuberant cast of animal characters.
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From Joshua's cozy jammies to Emily's frilly undies, the duds on display in this perfectly stitched poetry collection are as unique as the critters who wear them. Giggles galore!
Clothes With Character
Wry poems give outfits personalities, with an exuberant cast of animal characters along for the fun.
Come here for
- Wry rhymes and clothes with character
- Animal characters in a parade of distinctive outfits
Expect
- Giggle-friendly poetry about familiar clothes
- A playful mix of cozy and frilly attire
Where it sits
| Poetry | 67% |
|---|---|
| Animal Stories | 64% |
| Clothing & Dress-Up | 40% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Activity Books
- Animal Facts
- Elephants
- Pets
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- Animal Welfare
- Nocturnal Animals
- Baby Animals
- New Baby
- Authors
- Alice Schertle
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- June 18, 2013
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Personified clothing · Humorous poetry
- Reading lane
- Activity Books