Tickles, Pickles, and Floofing Persnickles: Reading and Writing Nonsense Poems

Contributor(s): Hoena, Blake (Author), Ipcizade, Catherine (Author), Smith, Simon (Illustrator), Bernardini, Cristian (Illustrator), Xiong, Tou (Illustrator), Loveridge, Matthew (Illustrator), D'Antonio, Sandra (Illustrator), Burkes-Larrañaga, Dustin (Illustrator), Miller, Connie Colwell (Author)

ISBN: 9781479521982

Publisher: Picture Window Books

$22.49

Pub Date: January 1, 2014

Dewey: 808.1

LCCN: 2013044920

Lexile Code: 0720

Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: 08 to 10

Physical Info: 0.40" H x 11.00" L x 9.20" W ( 1.00 lbs) 32 pages

BISAC Categories:

Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry | Humorous

Series: Poet in You

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000507906 ( Tickles, Pickles, and Floofing Persnickles: Reading and Writing Nonsense Poems)

Reading level: 4.30

Interest level: MG

Point value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: What's a persnickle? And why is it floofing? Shouldn't it be flurfing, blurfing, or slurfing? This book celebrates all sorts of silly, nonsensical stuff. And it gives you the keys you'll need to unlock your own poems. So open up, and discover the poet in you!

Brief description: Blake A. Hoena grew up in central Wisconsin, where he wrote stories about robots conquering the moon and trolls lumbering around the woods behind his parents house. He now lives in Minnesota and enjoys writing about fun things like history, space aliens, and superheroes. Blake has written more than fifty chapter books and dozens of graphic novels for children.