A Bad Case of the Giggles
By Bruce Lansky (Selected by); Stephen Carpenter (Illustrator); Bruce Lansky (Editor)
(Meadowbrook, Paperback, 9781416951971, 126pp.)
Publication Date: January 29, 2008
Categories: Poetry - Humorous
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One of the funniest and most successful collections of children’s poetry ever published (with 290,000 copies sold) is now in paperback after 13 years in hardcover.
A Bad Case of the Giggles is a timeless classic! This book will inspire young readers and give them the giggles as they read each page. It is one of the funniest anthologies of children’s poetry ever published and includes works from famed poets such as Shel Silverstein, Jack Prelutsky, Jeff Moss, Judith Viorst, and Bruce Lansky, as well as works from a gaggle of “Giggle Poets.”
Bruce Lansky has been crowned the “King of Giggle Poetry” by his elementary-school admirers. Lansky has edited 11 poetry anthologies and three silly songbook anthologies, and has written four collections of his own poetry. Altogether, his poetry and songbooks have sold over 3 million copies. Lansky created the popular GigglePoetry.com website for children and the PoetryTeachers.com website for teachers. He is a popular speaker on the school circuit, performing in more than 35 schools and teacher conferences each year. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, when he’s not visiting out-of-town schools and bookstores).
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