Offers an amusing look at how the brain works through a collection of poetry capturing the frustration of spelling and the struggle of dealing with a new idea, from the author of Nothing Beats a Pizza and Dirty Dog Boogie. Simultaneous.

A poetic homage to basketball! The footsteps pound. The high-tops squeak. The crowd is loud. The floorboards creak. But through it all, we catch the sound, the one that's high above the ground, that most important noise of all: the swishing of the basketball. This new collection of more than 40 poems by Loris Lesynski captures the joys, thrills, and challenges of one of the most popular sports in the schoolyard today. Crazy About Basketball! is full of energy and humor, and is sure to appeal to anyone who has ever played the sport. Wonderfully ridiculous artwork and catchy, rhythmic poems highlight both the silly and serious side of the sport, with emphasis on training, tactics, and teamwork, but most of all, on having fun. A perfect complement to Lesynski's and Rasmussen's previous collaboration, Crazy About Soccer!.

A poetic homage to basketball! The footsteps pound. The high-tops squeak. The crowd is loud. The floorboards creak. But through it all, we catch the sound, the one that's high above the ground, that most important noise of all: the swishing of the basketball. This new collection of more than 40 poems by Loris Lesynski captures the joys, thrills, and challenges of one of the most popular sports in the schoolyard today. Crazy About Basketball! is full of energy and humor, and is sure to appeal to anyone who has ever played the sport. Wonderfully ridiculous artwork and catchy, rhythmic poems highlight both the silly and serious side of the sport, with emphasis on training, tactics, and teamwork, but most of all, on having fun. A perfect complement to Lesynski's and Rasmussen's previous collaboration, Crazy About Soccer!.

We get in position, about to start, over the thumps of every heart— the ones on the rink, and the ones that came to watch a thrilling hockey game. Third in Loris Lesynski’s popular Crazy About series, is this new collection all about hockey. In more than 40 bouncy poems, Lesynski’s signature humor and style shine through as she captures the joys, thrills, and challenges of one of the most popular sports in North America. As with their previous collaborations, Crazy About Soccer! and Crazy About Basketball!, Lesysnki and Rasmussen combine wonderfully ridiculous artwork and catchy, rhythmic poems to highlight both the silly and serious side of the sport, with emphasis on training, tactics, and teamwork, but most of all, on having fun. Crazy About Hockey! is sure to appeal to enthusiastic players—and fans—of the sport everywhere. What’s more, a new generation of hockey lovers will come to enjoy poetry.

Hurray for soccer! Anyone at all at all can learn to kick a ball a ball. A kangaroo could do it, too, a bigger kick than me or you but never choose them for a game 'cause they can kick but they can't aim! This new collection of poems by Loris Lesynski captures the joys, thrills, and challenges of one of the most popular sports in the schoolyard today. Rhythmic, funny verses reflect the game's energy while offering sound suggestions for proper play. Crazy About Soccer!, a collection full of twists, turns, and surprises, is sure to appeal to any reader who has ever played soccer, whether in cleats and a team shirt or in bare feet and--as in Shakespeare's day-- with a pig's bladder for a ball! Wonderfully ridiculous and genuinely funny artwork complements the bouncy poems. Included is a page of poems written by kids. As well, readers will be invited to contribute their own soccer poems to a special section on the author's website.

Hurray for soccer! Anyone at all at all can learn to kick a ball a ball. A kangaroo could do it, too, a bigger kick than me or you but never choose them for a game 'cause they can kick but they can't aim! This new collection of poems by Loris Lesynski captures the joys, thrills, and challenges of one of the most popular sports in the schoolyard today. Rhythmic, funny verses reflect the game's energy while offering sound suggestions for proper play. Crazy About Soccer!, a collection full of twists, turns, and surprises, is sure to appeal to any reader who has ever played soccer, whether in cleats and a team shirt or in bare feet and--as in Shakespeare's day-- with a pig's bladder for a ball! Wonderfully ridiculous and genuinely funny artwork complements the bouncy poems. Included is a page of poems written by kids. As well, readers will be invited to contribute their own soccer poems to a special section on the author's website.

Read them alone Or read them aloud.     Read them to your Mumsy or     recite them to a crowd.         Change the words,         Arrange the words,         Or rearrange the beat.             Know a poem?             Show it off             To everyone you meet. Loris Lesynski's popular book of poems is newly released in full color! Poetry is cause for celebration! It needs to be shared, shouted out, changed, rearranged, and most of all -- enjoyed! Celebrated author and illustrator Loris Lesynski's first book of 28 original poems spills over with her fun-filled approach to poetry. This book is a celebration of the joy of language. Loris's poetry is an invitation to be irreverent, observant, witty, expressive, and creative. She demonstrates how much fun poetry, and everyday life, can be. Poem themes range from mosquitoes to sock fluff to fretting mothers and monkey wallpaper-things that kids are really interested in.

Favorite poems and how they happened, by a celebrated wordsmith. Got a passion for poetry? Are you primed to rhyme? Word whiz Loris Lesynski shows you how it's done in this unique collection that blends "best of" with "how to." Inside you'll find over 30 Lesynski favorites alongside advice for kids on creating poems. In nine snappy sections, Lesynski features different ways in which a poem can take shape. "Dirty Dog Boogie" came from a catchy beat. Other ideas emerged from playing with words, as in "Mozza Mozza." Further sections include: Preparing for Poems -- warm-ups for the mouth and the brain Me Me Me Me -- rhymes that start with you What I'd Like to Know -- poems that pose questions How Illustrations Happen -- providing pictures for poems Writning Bolts -- further activities for aspiring rhymers. Bursting with Michael Martchenko's vivid illustrations and packed with over 20 pages of all new material by Lesynski, I Did It Because... is a playground of poetry where readers are invited to play along.

A collection of original poems embraces the wonders of language, rhythm, rhyme, and creativity by delving into the world of children, which is filled with pizza, substitute teachers, homework, moods, food, and pets. Simultaneous.