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Crew, Gary , Crew, Gary

Troy Thompson's Excellent Peotry Book

32 pp. | Kane/Miller | September, 2003 | Trade ISBN 1-929132-52-2 $$14.95

(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Craig Smith & Craig Smith. Eleven-year-old Troy begins writing peotry...er, poetry...as a class project that culminates in an end-of-year contest. This volume contains eleven writing assignments in which Troy's teacher explains how to write haiku, limericks, and other types of poetry, followed by Troy's clumsy, rude, and often funny attempts. Drawings, collages, and handwritten notes add a busy, visually appealing component to an otherwise slight, predictable book.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta