For Laughing Out Louder: More Poems to Tickle Your Funnybone

by Jack Prelutsky

In a splendidly silly sequel to their 1991 collaboration, For Laughing Out Loud , Jack Prelutsky and Marjorie Priceman return with 72 hilarious short verses guaranteed to leave kids weak with laughter.  There are poems about food, school, sibling rivalry, and hungry beasts, plus a wonderful potpourri of nonsense verse, tongue twisters, and limericks by nearly 40 of the best contemporary poets for children, including Shel Silverstein, John Ciardi, Mary Ann Hoberman, and of course, Prelutsky himself.  Marjorie Priceman's ebullient illustrations perfectly capture the sidesplitting humor of these rollicking read-aloud--or read-alone--gems.  

Genres: Poetry

39 pages, Hardcover

First published October 24, 1995

About the author

Jack Prelutsky is an American poet. He attended New York public schools, and later the High School of Music and Art and Hunter College. Prelutsky, who has also worked as a busboy, furniture mover, folk singer, and cab driver, claims that he hated poetry in grade school because of the way it was taught. He is the author of more than 30 poetry collections including Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep< and A Pizza the Size of the Sun. He has also compiled countless children's anthologies comprised of poems of others'. Jack Prelutsky was married to Von Tre Venefue, a woman he had met in France. They divorced in 1995, but Jack remarried. He currently lives in Washington state with his wife, Carolyn. He befriended a gay poet named Espiritu Salamanca in 1997 and both now work together in writing poems and stories for children and adults alike.

Reviews

[Barbara Lovejoy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought this book because I love Jack Prelutsky's poems. I didn't realize that the poems weren't all his until I started to read it. At first I was disappointed, but then found more poets, most who are new to me, who have written delightful poems, too. The illustrations are especially wonderful.

[Tammy Emmert · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everyone should read this book. While intended for a younger audience, people of all ages would find the humor of each poem and pun within the pages of this short but hilarious book. Cute illustrations can even be found illustrating each poem with a simple yet well done picture. I simply can't recommend this book enough!



Poem: Last Night I dreamed of Chickens!

Last night I dreamed of chickens,
there were chickens everywhere,
they were standing on my stomach,
they were nesting in my hair,
they were pecking at my pillow,
they were hopping on my head,
they were ruffling up their feathers
as they raced about my bed.

They were on the chairs and tables,
they were on the chandeliers,
they were roosting in the corners,
they were clucking in my ears,
there were chickens, chickens, chickens
for as far as I could see...
when I woke today, I noticed
there were eggs on top of me.

[Brittany L. · Rating 3 out of 5]

As the title suggests this is a book full of humorous poems for young children. Some are so silly that you would have to be a k-3rd grader to understand! The short poems range in topic from animals to flying hotdogs. Little children are sure to find at least one poem in this book that will make them laugh. These are also great poems for children to memorize.

[Trevor · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was sooo good, poems are my favorite written thing. I liked how the poems were just alot of different very small ones. My favorite was the poem about getting old that I shared in class.

[Theresa · Rating 2 out of 5]

poems form many sources showing the humor in poetry