{"product_id":"the-armpit-of-doom-funny-poems-for-kids-9781477590287","title":"The Armpit of Doom: Funny Poems for Kids","description":"\u003cp\u003eKids love Kenn Nesbitt's hilarious poetry! With their rollicking rhythms, playful rhymes, and mischievous twists, kids can't stop reading these poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Armpit of Doom\u003c\/i\u003e includes seventy new poems about crazy characters, funny families, peculiar pets, comical creatures, and much, much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIrrepressible, unpredictable, and raucously popular children's poet Kenn Nesbitt was spawned in the same cracked petri dish as Jack Prelutsky, to whom he is the natural heir. A title guaranteed to generate \"No, wait, read this one!\" responses, \u003ci\u003eThe Armpit of Doom\u003c\/i\u003e is more mayhem from one of the masters.\u003cbr\u003e(J. Patrick Lewis, US Children's Poet Laureate, author of \u003ci\u003ePlease Bury Me in the Library\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKenn Nesbitt wrote a book of poems\u003cbr\u003eA funny one I think.\u003cbr\u003eAnd though it's colored black and white\u003cbr\u003eWatch it tickle you PINK!\u003cbr\u003e(Douglas Florian, author and illustrator of \u003ci\u003eComets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKenn Nesbitt's brain is the clown car of children's poetry. I don't know how they all fit in there, but they keep tumbling out, one after another, each one funnier than the one before it.\u003cbr\u003e(Eric Ode, poet and songwriter. Author of \u003ci\u003eWhen You're a Pirate Dog and Other Pirate Poems\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI liked \u003ci\u003eArmpit\u003c\/i\u003e (the book) a lot. Armpits aren't my favorite body part.\u003cbr\u003e(Bruce Lansky, author of \u003ci\u003eIf Pigs Could Fly... And Other Deep Thoughts\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMy Dog Ate My Homework\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite the many warnings (\"Please Don't Read This Poem!\") kids cannot escape the odorous allure of Nesbitt's THE ARMPIT OF DOOM! No problem. They won't want to! Instead they will find \"There's only one solution. Here's what you'll have to do: Tell all your friends and family they shouldn't read it too!\"\u003cbr\u003e(Charles Ghigna, AKA \"Father Goose,\" author of \u003ci\u003eScore! 50 Poems to Motivate and Inspire\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat makes this collection most special are the contemporary details sprinkled throughout (the iPod, XBox, and Kindle, Red Bull, J.K. Rowling, scrunchies, computer woes). Kids will really love the clever nonsense in poems like \"On the Thirty-Third of Januaugust\" and \"It's Fun to Leave the Spaces Out.\" Teachers, beware: theirsentencesmightlooklikethisforafewdaysafterreadingthisbook!\"\u003cbr\u003e(Janet Wong, author of \u003ci\u003eYou Have to Write\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFans of Kenn Nesbitt will gobble up this new offering, which combines his infallible command of rhyme scheme with the hilarious--yet oddly contemplative--wisdom of a child pondering the world.\u003cbr\u003e(Joyce Sidman, author of \u003ci\u003eSwirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKenn Nesbitt is the author of many books for children, including The Ultimate Top Secret Guide to Taking Over the World, More Bears!, The Tighty-Whitey Spider, and My Hippo Has the Hiccups. He is also the creator of the world's most popular children's poetry website, www.poetry4kids.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50504623489298,"sku":"9781477590287","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_22aa7e8c-aed9-46fd-8419-6ab6f85d2cbf.jpg?v=1730823880","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-armpit-of-doom-funny-poems-for-kids-9781477590287","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}