Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich and Other Stories You’re Sure to Like Because They’re All About Monsters and Some of Them Are Also About Food
by Adam Rex
***National Poetry Month Selection***
Adam Rex has put together an alternative perspective collection of poetry that paints some of literature’s most fearsome creatures in an entirely different light. Kids will love the parts that gross them out for sure, as well as both the subtle and overt types of humor present in each poem. Adults – don’t let the fact that this is a picture book of poetry deter you. There are several jokes in here that your children will not get. Enjoy.
I don’t even have to open this book before I get to the first thing I love about it: the 17-mile long title. I mean, you know exactly what this book is going to be about.
The other things I love about this book are the poems about the Phantom of the Opera. I’m so, so glad that your mind thought of these scenarios, Mr. Rex.
“Now The Phantom of the Opera Can’t Get ‘The Girl From Ipanema’ Out of His Head”
Bald and pale and masked and ugly, the
Phantom of the Opera is writing, but
when he knows that he can’t compose
he goes, “AAAHRG!”Every song comes out a samba, al-
though he wants to write an aria, so
his top blows and he tears his clothes
and goes, “AAAHRG!”
Seriously, I was 16 before I’d ever heard “The Girl from Ipanema.” Thank you for creating these poems for those of us who are young at heart and aren’t afraid to browse the children’s section.
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January 5, 2012 at 8:16 pm |
[...] Adam Rex, I still love your Frankenstein poetry. [...]