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After a courtship voyage of a year and a day, Owl and Pussy finally buy a ring from Piggy and are blissfully married.

Nonsense verses describe the python, porcupine, scorpion, crocodile, vulture, bison, viper, llama, chamois, frozen mammoth, and microbe.

A collection of humorous poems about amazing or nasty creatures, including a flying cow, a pig who turns the tables on a farmer, and crocodiles, lions, and anteaters who delight in devouring people.

Another side-splitting collection of poetry from beloved children's poet Kenn Nesbitt!

Following up the bestselling collection, My Hippo Has the Hiccups, Kenn Nesbitt dares to go where no poet has gone before, creating a whole host of laugh-out-loud scenarios involving animals doing extreme sports.

Kids love Kenn's clever word play and wonderful imagery. This collection also includes an audio CD of Kenn reading the

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Stories and poetry about animals.

So put on your pith helmet and prepare to explore a wilderness of puns and rhymes where birds, beasts, vegetables, and flowers have been mysteriously scrambled together to create creatures you've never seen before -- and are unlikely to meet again! Your guides -- Jack Prelutsky, poet laureate of the elementary school set, and two-time Caldecott Honor artist Peter Sis -- invite you to join them on an adventure you will never forget!

One by one nine forest creatures fall out of bed when Little Mouse says "Roll over!"