A collection of humorous poems and drawings. This special edition contains twelve new poems.

A collection of poems evoking the world and feelings of childhood. Illustrated with antique pictures by some well-known children's book illustrators.

Henry Brown wrote that long before he came to be know as "Box," he "entered the world a slave." He was put to work as a child and passed down from one generation to the next -- as property. When he was an adult, his wife and children were sold away from him out of spite. Henry Brown watched as his family left, bound in chains, headed to the deeper South. What more could be taken from him? But then hope -- and help -- came in the from of the Underground...

An illustrated collection of children's songs, fairy tales, and poems.

"More than 100 funny new poems from Jack Prelutsky, the nation's first children's poet laureate, in a wide array of poetic forms, from haiku to concrete poems and everything in between, and hilariously illustrated in black-and-white on every page"--

The famous narrative poem recreating Paul Revere's midnight ride in 1775 to warn the people of the Boston countryside that the British were coming.

Humorous retellings in verse of six well-known fairy tales featuring surprise endings in place of the traditional happily-ever-after.

A comprehensive collection of over three-hundred traditional nursery rhymes.

In a series of poems, eleven-year-old Lonnie writes about his life, after the death of his parents, separated from his younger sister, living in a foster home, and finding his poetic voice at school.

A collection of amusing verses by a variety of poets, including Emily Dickinson, Spike Milligan, Shakespeare, and others less well known.