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Haiku! Gesundheit : An Illustrated Collection Of Ridiculous Haiku Poetry
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Book Description

Reality time
is not nearly as much fun
as fantasy time.

And it's definitely fantasy time, as pop surrealist Kenny Scharf illustrates Ross Venokur's zesty, zany poems written in the ancient Japanese form of haiku. While keeping to haiku's strict limit of three lines totaling seventeen syllables -- five, then seven, then five -- Venokur and Scharf create an alternate universe in whic... More

Book Information
PublisherSimon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
BindingHardcover (3 editions)
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages40
ISBN-100689840446
ISBN-13978-0689840449
Publication Date03/2001
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About Ross Venokur (Author) : Ross Venokur is a published author of children's books. Some of the published credits of Ross Venokur include Autobiography of Meatball Finkelstein, The Cookie Company, Haiku! Gesundheit : An Illustra... more
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About Kenny Scharf (Illustrator) : Kenny Scharf is a published illustrator of children's books. A published credit of Kenny Scharf is Haiku! Gesundheit : An Illustrated Collection Of Ridiculous Haiku Poetry.
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