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Big, Bad, and a Little Bit Scary
Poems That Bite Back!
By Zahares, Wade
- ISBN
- 978-0-67003-513-7
- Publisher
- New York : Viking/Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, c2001.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2001
Gr 1-5 Animals with fangs, sharp teeth, and powerful jaws are celebrated here. The final lines of the opening poem, "Always Be Kind to Animals" by John Gardner, give readers a taste of what to expect from the rest of this book: "For animals have feelings too, /And furthermore they bite!" From Eve Merriam's "Viper" to Dick King-Smith's "Strippers," which highlights the gruesome powers of piranhas, the sele...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
