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The World's Greatest: Poems

By J. Patrick Lewis
Illustrated by Keith Graves

7-1/4 x 9-1/4 in; 36 pp ; full-color throughout, ages 5-9
Hardcover
Published in December, 2007
ISBN 0811851303
ISBN13 9780811851305

$16.99  

The World's Greatest: Poems -- Who has kissed the most cobras? Eaten the most live scorpions? Sailed highest on a skateboard? Been stuck the longest in an elevator? These and 21 other vexing superlatives are the subject matter of this zany collection of verse by one of America's most well-loved poets, J. Patrick Lewis. Comic illustrations by Keith Graves make this the funniest, wackiest, rhyming-est book on the shelf.

J. Patrick Lewis is the award-winning author of more than 55 books for young people. His poetry and nonsense verse have appeared in dozens of magazines and more than 70 anthologies, and he is a contributor of children's book reviews for the New York Times. He lives in Ohio.

Keith Graves is the author-illustrator of several books for children including Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance and Pet Boy. He lives in Texas.

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"This sprightly, clever collection....will charm children..." —School Library Journal, April 2008

"...not a bad way for kids to spend an afternoon-and it might send them to Guinness to think up their own." —Kirkus Reviews, March 15 2008