Kermit's Garden of Verses

by Jack Prelutsky, Bruce McNally (Illustrator)

A collection of poems written from the point of view of Kermit the Frog about his fellow Muppets, including Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, and Gonzo.

Genres: Poetry

54 pages, Hardcover

First published August 12, 1982

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

[Mimi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute verses and gorgeously illustrated.

[Cailey Titrud · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book made me happy

[Jifu · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a Muppet fan, I find this to be a wonderfully fun and at times sweet little gem of a book that I was happy to add to my collection.

[Pam · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have loved this book since childhood! Not being a huge poetry fan, I am surprisingly in love with with verses in this book. As a child of the 80's I grew up watching The Muppet Show, so the quirks of the characters "Kermit" writes about in rhyme resonate with me. I highly recommend it.

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[Sarah Prelutsky · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my all time favorites.