Hippopotamusn T And Other Animal Verses

More than thirty mostly humorous poems about a variety of animals.

More than thirty mostly humorous poems about a variety of animals.

Wonderful, wacky animal poems that will tickle the funny bone and bring on the giggles... A centipede in running shoes. A lizard who dreams he's a dragon. A whale who prefers showers to baths. These are just a few of the quirky animal friends you'll meet in this imaginative poetry collection. Joan Horton and JoAnn Adinolfi team up again, this time to depict animals of all sizes--from mosquitoes to kangaroos--with the perfect mix of playful language and boisterous pictures. Who wouldn't be delighted by berry-flavored jellyfish?

"A new translation and commentary on the biblical book of Job with exegetical essays and theological reflections on key themes and passages"--

Bringing together scholars from musicology, literature, childhood studies, and theater, this volume examines the ways in which children's musicals tap into adult nostalgia for childhood while appealing to the needs and consumer potential of the child. The contributors take up a wide range of musicals, including works inspired by the books of children's authors such as Roald Dahl, P.L. Travers, and Francis Hodgson Burnett; created by Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lionel Bart, and other leading lights of musical theater; or conceived for a cast made up entirely of children. The collection examines musicals that propagate or complicate normative attitudes regarding what childhood is or should be. It also considers the child performer in movie musicals as well as in professional and amateur stage musicals. This far-ranging collection highlights the special place that musical theater occupies in the imaginations and lives of children as well as adults. The collection comes at a time of increased importance of musical theater in the lives of children and young adults.

Members of the animal kingdom--from owls and eels to wolves and woodpeckers--are humorously depicted in rib-tickling portraits. A collection of marvelous light verse as fresh as spring.--The Horn Book, starred review. Full color. School Library Journal Best Book of the Year; Booklist Editor's Choice; Ohio Reading Circle Award.