Technically, It's Not My Fault
Concrete Poems
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · October 18, 2004
An eleven-year-old boy named Robert voices typical—and not so typical—middle-grade concerns in this unique, memorable collection of hilarious poems.
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- Who it’s for
- A boy’s everyday concerns get wonderfully odd treatment in playful poems and graphics.
- Themes
- Everyday middle-grade concerns, Absurd, playful humor
- Genres
- Poetry
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An eleven-year-old boy named Robert voices typical—and not so typical—middle-grade concerns in this unique, memorable collection of hilarious poems. His musings cover the usual stuff, like pizza, homework, thank-you notes, and his annoying older sister.
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In addition, he speculates about professional wrestling for animals, wonders why no one makes scratch-and-sniff fart stickers, designs the ultimate roller coaster (complete with poisonous spiders), and deconstructs the origins of a new word, snarpy. A playful layout and ingenious graphics extend the wry humor that is sure to resonate with readers of all ages.
Wry by Design
A boy’s everyday concerns get wonderfully odd treatment in playful poems and graphics.
Come here for
- Come for jokes that wander from homework to poisonous-spider roller coasters.
Expect
- Expect concrete-poem layouts that let the graphics join the joke.
Where it sits
| Poetry | 49% |
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Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Kids' Humor
- Funny Poems
- Boys & Men
- Authors
- John Grandits
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- October 18, 2004
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Everyday middle-grade concerns · Absurd, playful humor
- Reading lane
- Kids' Humor