Ten-year-old Amanda has been everywhere and done everything. Or so she thinks. Her parents have taken her to all the cities of the world: London, Paris, Marrakech, Hong Kong … you name it. So when Amanda comes to Cleveland on a family visit, her reaction is probably no surprise: B-o-o-o-ring. “What’s so big about Cleveland, Ohio?” she sneers to her host, ten-year-old Alan (whose m…
This entertaining and quirky collection of school poems covers everything from a "slam-dancing ride" on the big yellow bus to the teacher who picks up signals with "antennae in her hair" to a full-on zombie invasion. Sidebars introduce readers to many elements of poetry and invite kids to write poems of their own.