{"product_id":"9781509881055-im-just-no-good-at-rhyming-and-other-nonsense-for-mischievous-kids-and-immature-grown-ups","title":"I'm Just No Good At Rhyming","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups. A laugh-out-loud poetry collection for kids from \u003ci\u003eHow I Met Your Mother \u003c\/i\u003escreenwriter Chris Harris, richly illustrated by the Kate Greenaway Medal-winning Lane Smith. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Highly recommended. I think it will make children wriggle with delight\" – Stephen Fry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf I ever find myself holding a gecko .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI'll lecko.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForget what you think you know about poetry – this is something totally different. Chris Harris' \u003ci\u003eI'm Just No Good At Rhyming \u003c\/i\u003ecombines wit, wordplay and nonsense with visual and verbal tricks to make you look at the world in a new and wonderfully upside-down way, reminiscent of Spike Milligan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI'm just no good at rhyming.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt makes me feel so bad.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI'm just no good at rhyming,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd that's why I'm so blue.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis entirely unique collection of wildly witty words offers a surprise around every corner, from the ongoing rivalry between the author and illustrator (mean poem and cruel portrait included), to the mysteriously misnumbered pages that can only be deciphered by a certain code-cracking verse, to a poem that is 100% genuinely infinite. Meet a balding werewolf, competitive boulders, a birthday piranha, and find out if grown-ups really are better!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy are grown-ups better than kids?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Cause we got what it takes \u003c\/i\u003e–\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe never, ever, ever, ever, ever, make mistaeks!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdding to the fun: Lane Smith, winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal for \u003ci\u003eThere Is a Tribe of Kids\u003c\/i\u003e, has spectacularly illustrated this extraordinary collection with nearly one hundred pieces of appropriately absurd art. It's a mischievous match made in heaven and the perfect gift for creative kids or immature grown-ups.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31829640970337,"sku":"9781509881055","price":10.81,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/7e7ad8b21374a3ee10e4ab396133db99.png?v=1680681666","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781509881055-im-just-no-good-at-rhyming-and-other-nonsense-for-mischievous-kids-and-immature-grown-ups","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}