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Lemonade: and Other Poems Squeezed from a Single Word

Play with your words! A brand new poetic form that turns word puzzles into poetry.

Part anagram, part rebus, part riddle—these poems capture a scene from a child's daily life and present a puzzle to solve. Sometimes sweet and sometimes funny, but always clever, these poems are fun to read and even more fun for kids to write. Bob Raczka is a fresh, new voice in children's poetry who knows that fun and games can turn a poetry lesson into lemonade!

Genre
humor
Themes
writersfoodfriendship
Setting
2010s
Audience
childrenspicture booksmiddle gradeyoung adult
Length
short · 48 pages
Form
poetry

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