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The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders

by Jack Prelutsky · 2002

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Jack Prelutsky is the undisputed master of hilarious verse for the youngest child. And Petra Mathers, has no equal when it comes to bringing anything with fur or feathers uproariously to life. Put the two of them together -and you have a modern classic.

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Here are poems about people and animals, set in such far-flung places as Minot, Minneapolis, Tuscaloosa, Tucumcari, and the Grand Canyon. Impossible to read only once (and memorized by the third reading), these exuberant poems and irresistible pictures will be loved by children from Miami to Seattle.

Genre
humorhumorMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrenspicture books
Length
short · 64 pages
Form
poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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