Name: Please Bury Me in the Library
ISBN: 9780152163877

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Why This Clicks

Bookish Mischief

These poems find sweetness and silliness in books, reading, and lost hours.

Come here for

Comic verse about books and reading
A little joke about losing track of time

Expect

Poems ranging from sweet to laugh-out-loud funny
Clever, witty paintings

Book Details

Authors: J. Patrick Lewis
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: April 1, 2005
Format: Hardcover
Theme: Funny Poems · Nocturnal Animals
Reading lane: Funny Poems

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About This Book

There's nothing like curling up with a good book, but you have to be careful. Before you know it, a minute turns into an hour, an hour turns into a day, and a day may turn into . . . eternity. Inspired by the likes of Edward Lear, X. J. Kennedy, and Lewis Carroll, the author of Arithme-Tickle and Scien-Trickery has created a collection of original poems about books and reading that range from sweet to silly to laugh-out-loud funny. Newcomer Kyle M. Stone's clever, witty, and...

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There's nothing like curling up with a good book, but you have to be careful. Before you know it, a minute turns into an hour, an hour turns into a day, and a day may turn into . . . eternity. Inspired by the likes of Edward Lear, X. J. Kennedy, and Lewis Carroll, the author of Arithme-Tickle and Scien-Trickery has created a collection of original poems about books and reading that range from sweet to silly to laugh-out-loud funny. Newcomer Kyle M. Stone's clever, witty, and endearing paintings make this the perfect treat for book lovers of all ages.