A Foot in the Mouth
Poems to Speak, Sing, and Shout
Candlewick Press · Print & ebook · September 11, 2012
"A superbly noisy celebration of language that’s sure to convert even the most reluctant poetry readers." — Booklist (starred review) Whether rhyming, tongue-tying, or defying structure, here are more than three dozen poems that simply beg to be read aloud.
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- Who it’s for
- Rhymes, tongue twisters, and poems for multiple voices make language an audible pleasure.
- Themes
- Poetry for performance, Playful language, Bilingual poetry
- Genres
- Poetry, Funny Stories, Word Books
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"A superbly noisy celebration of language that’s sure to convert even the most reluctant poetry readers." — Booklist (starred review) Whether rhyming, tongue-tying, or defying structure, here are more than three dozen poems that simply beg to be read aloud.
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The creators of A Poke in the I and A Kick in the Head complete a triplet with this collection of lively rhymes and tricky tongue twisters, poems for more than one voice, bilingual poems and poems that just may inspire kids to memorize them.
Poems Out Loud
Rhymes, tongue twisters, and poems for multiple voices make language an audible pleasure.
Come here for
- Tongue-tangling wordplay and bilingual poems
- Verse to share aloud, in more than one voice
Expect
- More than three dozen poems, from rhyme to rule-bending forms
- A collection that may tempt kids to memorize
Where it sits
| Poetry | 58% |
|---|---|
| Word Books | 35% |
| Funny Stories | 31% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Creative Writing
- Poetry
- Funny Poems
- Authors
- Paul B. Janeczko
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Published
- September 11, 2012
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Poetry for performance · Playful language · Bilingual poetry
- Reading lane
- Creative Writing