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The Blood-Hungry Spleen and Other Poems About Our Parts
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4 out of 5
Based on 92 Ratings and 38 Reviews

Book Description
Ears have drums (but don't play them), knees wear caps (even in church), and a boneless boy turns into a human puddle in this book of wacky-and anatomically accurate-poems about our body parts.

To the left of your stomach, a deep violet-red,
a filter's at work filling blood cells with dread:
The red blood cell graveyard! It's not Halloween.
I'm talking about that blood bashe... More
Book Information
PublisherCandlewick Press
BindingHardcover (3 editions)
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages56
ISBN-10076361565X
ISBN-13978-0763615659
Publication Date07/28/2003
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About Allan Wolf (Author) : Allan Wolf is a writer and performance poet living in Western North Carolina. His books for children and young adults include THE BLOOD-HUNGRY SPLEEN, NEW FOUND LAND, ZANE'S TRACE (Candlewick Press),... more
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About Greg Clarke (Illustrator) : Greg Clarke is a published illustrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Greg Clarke include The Blood-Hungry Spleen and Other Poems About Our Parts, Worlds Apart: Fernie and Me, T... more
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