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Hard-Boiled Bugs for Breakfast: And Other Tasty Poems

Jack Prelutsky

Illustrator: Ruth Chan

Ages: 9+

Published: 2021

Publisher: Greenwillow/HarperCollins

ISBN: 978-0-06-301913-3

Keywords: Humorous poetry

A collection of funny verses in varied forms from, haiku to concrete. poems Perfect for reading aloud. Cartoonlike illustrations in black, gray, and white.