Last laughs : animal epitaphs / J. Patrick Lewis and Jane Yolen ; illustrated by Jeffrey Stewart Timmins.
Offers morbidly-humorous, pun-filled, illustrated epitaphs for animals that poetically describe how they met their ends.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781580892605
- ISBN: 1580892604
- Physical Description: 31 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
- Publisher: Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, ©2011.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Last laughs -- Good-bye to a rowdy rooster -- Chicken crosses over -- Hen's last cluck -- Tough turkey -- No longer horsing around -- Ciao, cow -- Final pound for a hound -- Grabby tabby -- Katydidn't -- Firefly's final flight -- Flickering moth -- The last of a staggering stag -- For a bear, barely there -- Woodpecker's last hole -- Mourning a dove -- Owl be seeing you -- Cooked goose -- Swan song -- For a frog: not a hoppy ending -- Double-crossed newt -- Blue whale blues -- A narwhal, foiled again -- Not gone on porpoise -- A swordfish's pointed end -- Barracuda's bite-size demise -- R.I.P. (really inattentive piranha) -- Eel seals the final deal -- End of a rattling battler -- Hasta mañana, iguana -- An infirm worm. |
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Subject: | Animals > Juvenile humor. Animals > Juvenile poetry. Animals > Humor. Animals > Poetry. Animals > Juvenile humor. Animals > Juvenile poetry. Animals. > Humor. Animals. > Poetry. Animals. |
Genre: | American wit and humor. novels. humor. poetry. Fiction. Humor. Juvenile works. Poetry. Fiction. Humor. Poetry. Novels. Romans. Humour. Poésie. Picture books for children. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | J 818.602 LEW (Text) | 000138365 | Children's Library -- Nonfiction | Available | - |