Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry: How to Write a Poem

Jack Prelutsky has done it again - of course! This is a wonderful read aloud or read alone. In any instance it will have you and everyone else laughing out loud.

Each poem has a narrative that explains how the ideas for the poem came to be. These narratives are as funny as his poems. Prelutsky tells on himself as "not the best behaved little boy in the history of the United States" and evokes even more laughter as he sets the stage for his writing ideas.

There is also a writing tip for young aspiring writers that accompanies each poem with poetry terms defined in a highlighted area . From Writing Tip #13 .... "Don't be afraid to exaggerate or to add or change a fact or two if you think that it might improve the poem. ...you're a creative writer telling a funny story and trying to make it as interesting and engrossing as possible."

So, make your day or someone else's day ... read aloud - laugh aloud with Jack Prelutsky's Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry: How to write a poem.