For the first time, the poetry of Dennis Lee, the Pied Piper of children's
verse, has been collected in one rousing volume by the inimitable Jack
Prelutsky. From food fantasies to schoolyard chants and monster mayhem, Lee
really knows how to tickle kids with words. There are quiet poems, rude and
rambunctious poems, and some pure nonsense verses that trip off the tongue,
begging to be said over and over again. Others capture the attraction of a
muddy puddle or the somnolent rhythm of windshield wipers on a rainy day.
There's something for everyone in this wonderful collection of read-aloud or
read-alone rhymes and Debbie Tilley's ( "Riddle-icious" ) buoyant
imaginative watercolors are an open invitation to jump in and join the fun.