Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Brown, Calef. Hypnotize a Tiger.

Brown, Calef.  Hypnotize a Tiger.  Macmillan/Henry Holt     2015  unp.  $17.99  ISBN 978-0-8050-9928-7  elem/ms  Poetry  VG-BN   

Welcome to the off-kilter and poetic world of Calef Brown.  This collection of whimsical poems highlights “The Critterverse, Poems of a Particular Vehicular Nature, Schoolishness, Facts Poetic, and “Word Crashes, and leads the young readers through madcap poems emhanced by funny illustrations.  The word play is always amusing and full of nonsense and unusual reflections.  This is a great book to be read aloud as well as silently.     

Summary:  Welcome to the off-kilter and poetic world of Calef Brown.  This is a great book to be read aloud as well as silently.        


Poetry                                                            --Susan Ogintz

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