Shhhhh…
Please don’t bang!
Or slam!
Or buzz!
And please no loud
bansheeing!
Do not click!
And do not clunk!
I’m onomatopoeiaing.
— Alan Katz
Copyright © 2011. All Rights Reserved. From Poems I Wrote when No One Was Looking. Margaret K. McElderry Books. Reprinted by permission of the author.
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From Poems I Wrote when No One Was Looking
Laugh out loud on this hilarious journey through the kooky creations of Alan Katz and Edward Koren. From the giggle-until-it-hurts author that brought you the Silly Dilly series, this collection of side-splitting verse will have readers slapping their knees and rolling in the aisles. Whether you’re staying out of trouble or constantly causing it, these rowdy rhymes turn our wacky world upside-down to reveal the pitfalls of hopeless homework, tricky travels, sibling shenanigans, and everything in between.
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Alan Katz has written more than 40 highly acclaimed children’s books, including Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs, The Day the Mustache Took Over, OOPS!, the upcoming Really Stupid Stories for Really Smart Kids, and two Awesome Achievers titles. Alan has also received many state awards for children’s literature and he frequently visits schools across the country.
Alan is also a six-time Emmy-nominated writer for series including The Rosie O’Donnell Show, Taz-Mania, Pinkalicious and Peterrific, numerous Nickelodeon shows, and more. He hosted a long-running game show on SiriusXM’s Kids Place Live channel, and he’s also created comic books, trading cards, theme park shows, and hundreds of others special projects for kids and their parents.
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