Miles of Smiles (Kids Pick the Funniest Poems Book)

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Summary: This anthology doesn't work
Review: An anthology only works if all the contents are at a relatively equivalent level of quality. You can tolerate a few stinkers, but only if the overall quality is high. Unfortunately, the editor insists upon mixing too many low-quality poems (many of them his own) with some wonderful efforts by such greats as Shel S. and Jack P. The overall effect is a rollercoaster that moves from pleasure to disappointment as you turn from page to page. You'd be better off sticking with the original collections of work by the same Shel S. and Jack P.

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Summary: One Funny Book
Review: My favorite poem is Swimming Ool. I like that poem because it is funny. A boy says, "Now the pool is a 'swimming Ool' because I took a P". When the boy takes a "p", a girl is swimming under the water and her eyes get very ''BIG''. I would give this book five stars. This is a good book for ages 5 and up.

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Summary: a favorite book in my classroom
Review: My second graders have tried every day to beat each other to the poetry book box at quiet reading time, and this is the first choice book. Yes, Silverstein and Prelutsky are favorites too, but this one is fun and accessible to so many of them. They copy poems to take home, they'll giggle incessantly while reading. They're reading and enjoying themselves -- what more could I ask?