My Dog May Be a Genius audiobook

This is a collection of poetry by Jack Prelutsky. I've read a number of his books now, having discovered him only a few years ago. I know that his poetry is for children, however, I can't help but love it. Prelutsky's poems are fun, silly and he's definitely not afraid to play around with words, which is what I love about his poetry. One of my favorite poems from book is called A Skunk Sat in a Courtroom on page 24:A Skunk Sat in a CourtroomA skunk sat in a courtroom.A judge was on the bench.He held his nose and shouted"What is that dreadful stench?""It's only me, Your Honor," the skunk said in retort."I thought I heard you callingfor odor in the court."How you cannot just love that? It's so silly and fun. Reading it made me laugh. Jack Prelutsky may write poetry for children, but I think his poetry will even appeal to adults. It's just so fun and I definitely recommend this collection.

My Dog May Be a Genius is a collection of children poetry by Jack Prelutsky. This book is filled with fun, easy poetry that children and adults would both love! Each pome tells a little story about a forgetful elephant, or about two penguins that collided, or even about a dog that just may be a genius. These collections of poetry would be a fun daily activity to read to your classroom. It would also be a great book to introduce poetry to students. The illustrations by James Stevenson also add another fun element to the book!

This book has so many great and funny poems. It will help children see poetry as not just something they have to sit through, but as something they can enjoy and laugh at. It is not just funny but also quite creative and will have their imaginations going. You can read about an absentminded elephant, or about a lamb who loves to dance. There are funny little pictures that go along with each poem as well. It is all in grayscale and looks like pencil drawings. This book will get the attention of children, and also adults, and will help establish the pure enjoyment of reading.

Prelutsky writes entertaining poetry for young people. Once again I feel ambushed by Pioneer Library. I searched for audio-books of poetry. Instead of Pelutsky reading his poems, it was a collection of songs. I had to listen carefully to hear the poetry of these songs behind the tick-tock sound of banjos and drums.They are good songs.

"My Dog May be a Genius" by Jack Prelutsky and James Stevenson is a very funny collection of silly poems. I thought it was pretty funny, and it is only good for people with a silly sense of humor. I think it would be good for little kids. (For extra pages in class, 160 pages)

Great collection of silly poems! As with most collection books, some of the poems are more high quality than others. However, I would love to buy this book to use for all the skills that can be introduced with poetry. These poems would also be great for working on fluency.

Laughed out loud...shared many and was just generally annoying as I read and laughed my way through this book!

I picked out this collection of poems at the Taylor Education Library last week. I mainly picked this book because it had the word "dog" in the title and I love dogs. I was so excited to read silly poems I was hoping about dogs, but I ended up reading something much more engaging to read. Each poem had its specific individuality that I enjoyed because each poem was special in its own way. This series of poetry was definitely created for children due to the simplicity in language and illustrations, but that simplicity of each poem made it enjoyable for the readers to comprehend easily. My favorite poem out of the series of poetry has to be I Never Sit on Scrambled Eggs. I think this poem is so humorous because it incorporates such small concepts as "swimming in pudding" as a silly act for children. It made me laugh as a reader because the language is simple, but when children read this poem, it would probably make them hysterically giggle and think about the concepts discussed in the poem. Not only are the poems simple and enjoyable to read, but the images on each page depicting the poetry makes it clear for the reader to understand what the poem is saying. I never was a poetry reader as a young child, but I would recommend this book to fellow classmates and have it stored in my classroom library someday when I am an elementary school teacher.

I only picked up this book of poems because it had the word dog in the title. We have 3 mastiffs and two cats so anything even remotely dog or cat friendly is a winner in our house. The dog is in fact a genius as is the Children's Poet Laureate Jack Prelutsky. This collection of simple, funny and true poems for children brings to mind the work of Shel Silverstein without poaching on that genius' territory one bit. There is always room for laughter and fun in the world of children and this collection hits the mark. Poems like "A Table Saw a Cow Hide" are verbal fun and the illustrations by James Stevenson are delightfully whimsical while giving the younger reader a look at why the funny poem is indeed so funny. LOVED IT!

For my second reading challenge of the year: For my poetry anthology - I was stuck between Shel Silverstein and Jack Prelutsky with illustrations by James Stevenson. My dog may be a genius was my choice. This selection has some adorable poems. Aside from the title poem, my other favourites - A Bump in the Road, Funnel, a poem about climbing a ladder and being trapped in an egg. I love these poems because they use the shape or illustration technique. The egg poem is in the shape of an egg, etc. Years ago, David Booth edited a book of poetry and I loved one particular poem about a tomato for the same reason. I always have loved children's poetry.

My Dog May Be a Genius is a book of poetry geared towards kids. It's cute enough and has some pretty clever poems, but can feel a bit too similar overall. They're all rhyming and have a similar kind of presentation even if the subjects and quite varied. It's hard for me not to compare a book of children's poetry to the poetry of Shel Silverstein and I must say I like Silverstein's work a bit better. However, if you're one who finds Silverstein's works a bit too out there, bizarre, or even a little too creepy I think you'd appreciate the tamer humor of Jack Prelutsky with some very capable poetry in its own right.

Not quite as strong a collection as what else I've read of his, perhaps in part because of the rather unremarkable illustrations. But there were still a few good standout poems. In particular, I find "I'm Appearing Out of Nowhere" rather fascinating. I also really like the way he doesn't shy away from large words that some people might think don't "belong" in a children's book. The way he uses them, they tend to be exactly right and sound great, so kids can either just enjoy the sound, figure out the meaning by context, be inspired to ask what it means, or all of the above.

Genre: poetryDate: 12-1Grade Range: 2nd on upJack Prelutsky is a favorite for kids poetry. He is unique and creative and not afraid to play around with his works. He is always a funny read. Even though he writes for kids, it is always a pleasure to sit down and read his works. I enjoyed being able to read a book I hadn't read in ages again. Sometimes the images are spot on and other times you wonder why on earth they drew that until you read the entire poem.

Great poems for adults and kids alike