Up Verses Down: Poems, Paintings, and Serious Nonsense

(Hardback)

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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

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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

Author Bio

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