- Jack Prelutsky, Illustrated by James Stevenson

A Pizza the Size of the Sun

By Jack Prelutsky, Illustrated by James Stevenson
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A wonderfully rich, varied, funny and clever collection. Humour at its best from one of America’s funniest poets.

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Find out why there are zebras on the ceiling, pizza down your pants, why Dan’s the invisible man and wrestling with an octopus is not a good idea, why gerbils are bedraggled and emus are definitely not for approaching… Join the wacky world of Jack Prelutsky.

Author: Jack Prelutsky
Format: Paperback
Ageband: 9 to 12
Release Date: 09 Sep 2011
Pages: 160
ISBN: 978-0-00-713999-6
Jack Prelutsky has written more than thirty books of verse, edited several enormously popular anthologies (and been extensively anthologized himself), translated a number of books, and is always at work on the poems for at least three future books. He has lived in Boston, Albuquerque and Manhattan, but now lives in Seattle.

”A Pizza the Size of the Sun'Prelutsky’s robust appreciation of the absurd percolates througout this playful, kid-friendly verse, while Stevenson wrings a wealth of emotion and humour out of just a few dashes of ink.” - Publishers Weekly

Prelutsky is up to his old tricks, using verbal sleight of hand to create another magical anthologyof light verse.Booklist -

A fast-paced and accessible collection that’s loads of fun.Horn Book -