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A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms
Average rating
4.1 out of 5
Based on 256 Ratings and 85 Reviews

Book Description
From the simplest couplet to the mind-boggling pantoum, the award-winning team behind A POKE IN THE I shows us the many fascinating ways poetic forms take shape.


Please
Open this book for something
Extraordinary.
Twenty-nine different poetic forms await you
Inside these pages. How many
Can you master?

From sonnets to double dactyls,
Odes to limericks-More
Book Information
PublisherCandlewick Press
BindingHardcover (5 editions)
Reading LevelAges 9-12
# of Pages64
ISBN-100763606626
ISBN-13978-0763606626
Publication Date03/03/2005
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About Paul B. Janeczko (Author, Compiler) : Paul B. Janeczko is a published author, compiler, and an editor of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Paul B. Janeczko include Worlds Afire, Hey, You!: Poems to S... more
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About Monica Kulling (Contributor) : I am a poet living in Toronto, Ontario. I have a new book coming out August 2009 from Tundra Books. It's a story about George Eastman and the invention of the camera. It's A Snap! George Eastman's F... more
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About Chris Raschka (Illustrator) : Chris Raschka is a published adapter, author, and an illustrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Chris Raschka include Knowing God Intimately: Being as Close to Him as You Want t... more
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