Two Skeletons on the Telephone and Other Poems from Tough City - Softcover

Duggan, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761313990 ISBN 13: 9780761313991

Publisher: Millbrook Pr, 2000

Synopsis

A collection of poems with an emphasis on the grisly or ghastly, including "If You're Strolling in a Sewer," "Mr. One Leg," and "A Vampire Bit a Ghostly Neck"

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Advice On Vampires
The Barley Boys
Bugged
Don't Worry
The End Of Tommy
The Examination
Fred
The Ghoul
Grandma
I Once Had A Genie
I Saw A Ghost
If You Ever
If You're Strolling In A Sewer
Judy
The Laughing Hyena
The Laziest Boys
Listen Up, Rats!
The Lively Trick
Morris Fleet
Morris The Fireman
Mr. One Leg
A Mummy Walking In The Crypt
Murphy In Disguise
Murphy The Rat
Murphy's Favorite Sayings
Norman's Beard
Oh, How Strange
One Flat Vampire
One Pork And Bean
Poor Mr. Mears
The Rat Catcher
The Reason Skeletons Don't Wear Clothes
Reflections
Sal Hears A Drumming
Sally, Go And Brush Your Teeth
Skeleton Sid Goes Bowling
Skeletons In Restaurants
Sweet Walter
Sweet Walter Is Ever So Helpful
There's A Thing
The Toe-plucker
Tommy
Tough Cat's On The Prowl
Tough City Winter
Two Skeletons On The Telephone
Uncle Ned
A Vampire Bit A Ghostly Neck
Werewolves
What Does Murphy Do For His Dinner?
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

From Library Journal:

Grade 3-6-This darkly humorous collection of poems features skeletons, werewolves, and vampires among its cast of real and imagined urban creatures. The verses are more ironic or ridiculous than scary: "Sal met a man with only one leg,/And she didn't mean to stare,/But he had no head, no body at all-/There was only one leg standing there." The vivid, expressionist illustrations are reminiscent of Lane Smith's work, and perfectly complement the Goreyesque tone of the text. Some rhymes are especially suited to being read aloud: "Two skeletons on the telephone-/Yackety-yack all day./Just a pair of empty heads/With nothing much to say." The spooky subject matter will captivate readers, who will also appreciate the silliness and gross humor.
Robin L. Gibson, Muskingum County Library System, Zanesville, OH
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About this edition

• Publisher: Millbrook Pr
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0761313990
• ISBN 13: 9780761313991
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Sylvestre Daniel