I've Lost My Hippopotamus: More Than 100 Poems by Jack Prelutsky and Jackie Urbanovic

Prelutsky, Jack, and Jackie Urbanovic. I've Lost My Hippopotamus: More Than 100 Poems. New York: Greenwillow Books, 144 pages, 2012. Print. ISBN 978-0062014573 Preschool and up. Poetry.

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The Crabacus

Upon a beach, the CRABACUS

Is keeping careful count

Of every single grain of sand, 

Recording the amount.

It's counted seven million

Seven hundred thousand ten, 

But now the tide reshapes the shore-

It must begin again.

Hilarious and witty poems written for children by bestselling author Jack Prelutsky. In the poems, there are fictional  characters and animals that have uncommon idiosyncrasies like the the snake that can do math... an adder snake. The poems are entertaining to read and will be just as entertaining to listen to as the words have a natural rhythm and rhyme and are very funny. Prelutsky's use of vocabulary is respectful of children and he does not dumb down his poetry for children. This book's poetry will challenge listeners with lots of wordplay and will add new vocabulary into their dictum. Booklist's review of the book states that it is "sure to be a read-aloud hit.”