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RECEIVED NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR EXCELLENCE AT ANNUAL BOOK AWARDS CEREMONY SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS. Thirty-seven rhymed & metered illustrated verses full of hilarious fun & unusual insight. "G" rated humor all members of the family will enjoy. Title poem is based on the author's surprise encounter with a possum in the master bathroom of her home. "Each page is a delight...honest & tuneful, reveling in the small thrill of everyday wonder. A great poem, He's Not A Pretty Monster, But He's Ours! begins, There's a spoon-bending monster/ Who lives at our place,/ Existing among us,/ Occupying no space... Before you take yourself too seriously...Jones has something whimsical that will break a mood or lighten a load."--THE BOOK READER. "...light, bouncy...hilarious...poetry..."--VELMA DANIELS, WINTER HAVEN NEWS CHIEF. "Jones uses simple rhymes & metaphors in her short, rhythmic verses: I like a fresh & gentle rain/ That stops awhile, then starts again./ Flowers bounce on a nimble stem,/ And laugh when raindrops tickle them."--K.K. ZULEGER, BEST OF TIMES.Jones, Vada L. is the author of 'But Gosh Honey, There's a Possum in the John! and Other Humorous Incidents Retold in Verse and Song' with ISBN 9780944104019 and ISBN 0944104010.
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