A hippopotamusn't and other animal verses

More than thirty mostly humorous poems about a variety of animals.

Main Author: Lewis, J. Patrick.
Other Authors: Chess, Victoria
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1990.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Summary: More than thirty mostly humorous poems about a variety of animals.
Item Description: Spine title: A hippopotamusn't.
Physical Description: [39] p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 27 cm.
ISBN: 0803705190 (lib. bdg.) :
0803705182
Author Notes:

J. Patrick Lewis was born on May 5, 1942. He is a poet and prose writer who is known for his children's poems. He worked as a professor of economics before devoting himself full-time to writing in 1998. He is the author of 90 children's books including: BoshBlobberBosh, Please Bury Me in the Library, A Hippopotamusn't, First Dog, Spot the Plot, The House, and The National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry. In 2014, his title Voices from the March on Washington, made the Hot Civil Rights Titles List.

He has received many awards from the American Library Association, The Golden Kite Award from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, the Claudia Lewis Award from The Bank Street School and others. He also received the 2010-11 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Excellence in Children's Poetry Award. He was also named the third, U.S. Children's Poet Laureate for 2011-2013 by the Poetry Foundation in Chicago.

(Bowker Author Biography)