AND THE FROG WENT ""BLAH!"": And Other Poems

by Arnold Spilka ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 15, 1972

Though the elegantly disdainful frog on the cover says blah, few others will be able to resist an opener like ""I'll tell you what it's like to be a giraffe"" -- or pass over a rhyme like ""He (a seal) had flubbery flippers/ That seemed sort of rubbery/ And when lost in the woods/ He would hide in the shrubbery"" -- or question the ""true names of the months. . . Jammyway, Fibberway, Marts. . ."" -- or fail to agree with ""Life is fribble! Life is furbing!'/ Sang the weasel to the moon,/ And the crowd of Snurds and Squimples/ Danced in circles to the tune."" Our guess is that whole Rumbudgins of youngsters will read and repeat and dance in circles to Spilka's phonic lunacy.

Pub Date: Sept. 15, 1972

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Scribners

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1972

Categories: CHILDREN'S