A thick, inviting volume includes more than 100 silly verses and nonsense poems on subjects ranging from virtual chickens to pet tomatoes. Some of the poems are just four lines long, packing a quick verbal punch, while others extend the nonsense over three or four stanzas, frequently ending with a humourous twist. Several concrete poems round out the collection. The most notable of these is “I’m Caught Up in Infinity,” written in the shape of the mathematical sign for infinity so that the poem can go on and on and on. Each poem is illustrated with one of James Stevenson’s spirited black-and-white line drawings which aptly capture the flavor of Prelutsky’s delicious nonsense. (Ages 5-12)

The poet laureate of the young set is back, with his artist laureate collaborator, to "take another swipe at stuffiness."- Here are more than one hundred poems bursting to be read, chanted, laughed over, and remembered.

It would be hard to find a schoolage kid who has not read or heard a Prelutsky poem and who does not want to hear another. He plays with the language and encourages readers to revel in the game. Puns, jokes, wordplay and shape play, wit, silliness, slapstick, and joy abound. Some of the poems are about people, some are about animals. And some are about things that never were (and that one hopes never will be). Be warned: Read a poem once and you will love it. Read it several times and it will be part of you forever.