Up Verses Down: Poems, Paintings, and Serious Nonsense

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This book is powered by 100% natural POETROLIUMT A verse-based energy source (with verbal synergy, of course) Up Verses Down is vibrantly rendered in Calef's full-color artwork and stars his brilliantly imagined characters and worlds-from Sleepy LaFeete, who chooses to snooze in the busiest spots, to Mister Adam Hatter and the Lovely Lady Wigg, who had a fig banquet and danced a fancy jig, to a guyy named Rexx that uses exxtra Xs every now and then. It's an irresistible world: creative, hilarious, and inspired! Calef has cultivated a reputation as one of the premiere children's poets in the industry and is highly decorated in honors and awards for his talent. A Christy Ottaviano Book

Calef Brown is an illustrator, character designer, and children's book creator. Books he has written and illustrated include Hypnotize a Tiger, which won the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Honor Award, Polkabats and Octopus Slacks, Hallowilloween, and Flamingos on the Roof, which was a #1 New York Times bestseller. He has also illustrated Adventures of a Cat-Whiskered Girl, The Yggyssey, and The Neddiad by Daniel Pinkwater and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald. He lives with his family in Rhode Island. calefbrown.com

Artplay to go with the wordplay. Readers who take silliness seriously are well-advised to sit back and sample this humble compendium. / Begin in the middle or go back from the endium.--Kirkus Reviews Brown is a master of nonsense rhyme, yet there's actually an amusing logic to the 50-plus poems that comprise this anthology. From the introduction to the concluding writing advice and author's note, Brown never lets up on the rhyming fun.--Booklist The collection sends the message that language is there for creative play. Hand this to readers with active imaginations, particularly if they're writers themselves.--Horn Book