The co-op bookstore for avid readers
Book Cover for: Poems I Wrote When No One Was Looking, Alan Katz

Poems I Wrote When No One Was Looking

Alan Katz

Nominee:Beehive Awards -Poetry (2014)
Laugh out loud on this hilarious journey through the kooky creations of Alan Katz and Edward Koren. From the giggle-until-it-hurts author that brought you the Silly Dilly series, this collection of side-splitting verse will have readers slapping their knees and rolling in the aisles. Whether you're staying out of trouble or constantly causing it, these rowdy rhymes turn our wacky world upside-down to reveal the pitfalls of hopeless homework, tricky travels, sibling shenanigans, and everything in between.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
  • Publish Date: Oct 25th, 2011
  • Pages: 160
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.58in - 7.15in - 0.73in - 1.20lb
  • EAN: 9781416935186
  • Recommended age: 07-10
  • Categories: Poetry - Humorous

More books to explore

Book Cover for: A Poke in the I: A Collection of Concrete Poems, Paul B. Janeczko
Book Cover for: I Wish I Had a Wookiee: And Other Poems for Our Galaxy, Ian Doescher
Book Cover for: Write! Write! Write!, Amy Ludwig Vanderwater
Book Cover for: Zilot & Other Important Rhymes, Bob Odenkirk
Book Cover for: I'm Just No Good at Rhyming: And Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups, Chris Harris
Book Cover for: Haiku, Ew!: Celebrating the Disgusting Side of Nature, Lynn Brunelle
Book Cover for: Poetrees, Douglas Florian
Book Cover for: Honeybee: Poems & Short Prose, Naomi Shihab Nye
Book Cover for: Edgar Allan Poe's Pie: Math Puzzlers in Classic Poems, J. Patrick Lewis
Book Cover for: Explosion at the Poem Factory, Kyle Lukoff
Book Cover for: Homer Price, Robert McCloskey

About the Author

Koren, Edward: - Edward Koren may be best known for his work in the New Yorker magazine, where he has published nearly one thousand cartoons. He has written and illustrated several children's books, including Very Hairy Harry. He taught at Brown University and received a Guggenheim Fellowship. He lives with his family in Vermont.
Katz, Alan: - Alan Katz has been a print and television comedy writer for more than twenty years. In addition to being a multiple Emmy nominee for his work on The Rosie O'Donnell Show and Disney's Raw Toonage, he has written for children's programming on Nickelodeon, ABC Television, Warner Bros. Animation's Taz-Mania, and many others. Alan is the author of several adult humor books, humorous essays for The New York Times and other publications, and books for young readers. Alan lives in Weston, Connecticut, with his journalist wife, Rose, and their children Simone, Andrew, Nathan, and David. Visit him online at AlanKatzBooks.com.

More books by Alan Katz

Book Cover for: The Funniest Joke Book Ever for Kids: Over 200 Jokes!, Alan Katz
Book Cover for: The Mysterious Missing Matzoh, Alan Katz
Book Cover for: Zooloween, Alan Katz
Book Cover for: Got Your Nose!, Alan Katz
Book Cover for: Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs, Alan Katz
Book Cover for: Merry Mischief: A Quix Book, Alan Katz
Book Cover for: Reindeer Games: A Quix Book, Alan Katz
Book Cover for: Awesome Achievers in Technology: Super and Strange Facts about 12 Almost Famous History Makers, Alan Katz
Book Cover for: Happy Santa Day!: A Quix Book, Alan Katz
Book Cover for: Trouble in Toyland: A Quix Book, Alan Katz
Book Cover for: S.O.S.: Society of Substitutes #1: The Great Escape, Alan Katz
Book Cover for: Really Stupid Stories for Really Smart Kids, Alan Katz
Book Cover for: The Zoo Switcheroo, Alan Katz
Book Cover for: S.O.S.: Society of Substitutes #3: Food Fight!, Alan Katz
Book Cover for: If I Didn't Have You, Alan Katz
Book Cover for: That Stinks!: A Punny Show-And-Tell, Alan Katz

Praise for this book

"Accompanied by Koren's impish, characteristically furry caricatures, Katz's comedic poems take aim at familiar experiences like family squabbling and avoiding homework, while offering child-centric observations about the world."
--Publishers Weekly, July 2011
"I laughed out loud when I read the poems in this book, as did my students! B&W line drawings add to the humor and make the poems appealing to older students. Quite a few of the poems include mild bathroom humor, just the right type to appeal to upper elementary and middle school students."
--Library Media Connection, Jan/Feb 2012, Recommended
"As they did in Oops!, Katz and Koren once again craft a giggle-inducing collection of 100 humorous poems. . . . This collection should prove popular with readers who've enjoyed the work of Shel Silverstein, Jack Prelutsky, and Douglas Florian."
--School Library Journal, November 2011
"The succinct verses derive humor from puns, family dynamics, and bathroom humor as well as a generous sprinkling of general silliness. This is solid ground for amusing grade-school poetry, as demonstrated by the likes of Jack Prelutsky and Douglas Florian."
--BCCB, December 2011