Books like No More Poems! A Book in Verse That Just Gets Worse
By Rhett Miller
For the kid who thinks bathroom jokes are the height of comedy and poems should never sit still on the page, this collection is basically a permission slip to laugh too loud. Silly, irreverent, gleefully rowdy, laugh-out-loud.
A mischievous family cat dodges bath time by scrambling Dad's chore list, so the family ends up mowing the floor, vacuuming the lawn, and mopping the baby instead of doing what they meant to.
Five little monkeys jump on the bed after saying goodnight to Mama — and one by one, they fall off, bump their heads, and get a call to the doctor.
A burglar creeps down the street, climbs the wall, and slips through the window on another night of stealing — until someone burgles him right back.
A man walks down the road and meets a donkey with only three legs, then keeps adding one silly detail after another until the description spirals into an entirely absurd creature.
Dragons love tacos more than anything, so a party planner throws them a giant taco party — but forgets that spicy salsa turns dragons into fire-breathing disasters.
A gassy pet donkey gets stuck in a hole dug by a mole during a stroll, and accidentally kicks the ass of a snooty Scottish lass riding her prize-winning donkey nearby.
A pesky old black fly buzzes through the alphabet on a hot summer day, landing on the apple pie, bothering the baby, and driving one household to the edge — until someone finally swats him.
A boy welcomes a hungry moose with a muffin, but one muffin leads to jam, then a trip to the store for more mix, spinning into one favor after another.
A man and his dog set out in a rowboat with lunch for three, only to get launched airborne when a playful whale surfaces right beneath them.
A boy who wants everything for Christmas gets a very hungry pet dinosaur instead — and when the dino eats up the whole holiday, it all has to come out somewhere.
One overworked mother cooks endless separate meals as each of her seven picky children demands their own special food — until a birthday surprise finally brings them all to the same table.
A sound-making wonder named Mr. Brown moos like a cow, hoos like an owl, buzzes like a bee, and even chews gum like a grum-grumming hippo, daring readers to make every noise right along with him.
