Once Upon A Tomb: Gravely Humorous Verses
Clever puns and elaborately detailed, surreal artwork illuminate a collection of comically grim verses that can't help but tickle the funny bone.Reader, if I had more time I'd say au revoir in rhyme, Sayonara, ciao in verse — But I have to catch a hearse. Peek inside ONCE UPON A TOMB and find...
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Clever puns and elaborately detailed, surreal artwork illuminate a collection of comically grim verses that can't help but tickle the funny bone.Reader, if I had more time I'd say au revoir in rhyme, Sayonara, ciao in verse — But I have to catch a hearse. Peek inside ONCE UPON A TOMB and find twenty-two poems, each of which tells, in hilarious verse, the story of an untimely demise — from a school principal to a bully, a food critic to a cafeteria lady, an underwear salesman to a soccer player. Complemented by Simon Bartram's deadpan illustrations, J. Patrick Lewis's cryptic tour of headstones and epitaphs is silly, spooky — and far from grave.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780763618377 (0763618373)
ASIN: 0763618373
Publish date: 2006-07-11
Publisher: Candlewick
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English