Haiku! Gesundheit : An Illustrated Collection Of Ridiculous Haiku Poetry - Hardcover

Venokur, Ross

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0689840446 ISBN 13: 9780689840449

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2001

Synopsis

Accompanied by amusing illustrations, a wacky collection of hilarious haiku poems introduces the popular haiku form to a new generation of aspiring writers.

About this title

About the Author:

Ross Venokur is the author of The Autobiography of Meatball Finkelstein, The Cookie Company, and The Amazing Frecktacle. He lives in Santa Monica, California.

One day Ross began daydreaming about haiku. "Seventeen syllables? What the heck is that about?" These random thoughts quickly became an obsession, and the result is Haiku! Gesundheit.

From School Library Journal:

Gr 3-5-Haiku as a form seeks to capture a moment in time. Haiku! Gesundheit would seem to be seeking to capture the moments in which children are their most obnoxious. Using the traditional form, Venokur creates such forgettable images as "Marty picked his nose-/shoved his finger so far up,/it came out his ear" or "Flying over town,/Beth saw a boy she hated/and spit on his head." Each selection is on a double-page spread, accompanied by Scharf's flat, unmemorable cartoons.-Kathleen Whalin, Greenwich Country Day School, CT

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About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0689840446
• ISBN 13: 9780689840449
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Scharf Kenny