Last Laughs: Prehistoric Epitaphs
  • Published: 15 October 2017
  • ISBN: 9781580897068
  • Imprint: Charlesbridge Children
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $34.99

Last Laughs: Prehistoric Epitaphs

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Poems framed as epitaphs for extinct prehistoric animals hit the proverbial (coffin) nail on the head in this darkly humorous collection from expert poets Jane Yolen and J. Patrick Lewis.

Poems framed as epitaphs for extinct prehistoric animals hit the proverbial (coffin) nail on the head in this darkly humorous collection from expert poets Jane Yolen and J. Patrick Lewis.

Macabre, ironic, and witty epitaphs share how prehistoric creatures like the terror bird, the woolly mammoth, and the T-rex met their demise.  The ever-entertaining J. Patrick Lewis and the inimitable Jane Yolen offer a collection organized by era, with posthumous poems paired with short secondary text providing additional, factual information about each creature.
  • Published: 15 October 2017
  • ISBN: 9781580897068
  • Imprint: Charlesbridge Children
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $34.99
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Praise for Last Laughs: Prehistoric Epitaphs

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  • "Lewis and Yolen team up for a darkly funny homage to the dearly departed."--Publishers Weekly, starred review
  • "Just the thing to elicit appreciative playground groans. Gallows humor at its finest."--Booklist, starred review
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  • "Each [of 26] subjects gets a jauntily written page . . . back-ended with a comic book-style page featuring the authors discussing whether the woman was exactly what she seemed. Introduction and afterword focus on how history changes its opinion."--Booklist, starred review
  • "[The authors'] enthusiasm for their subjects is contagious, abetted by playful language that makes Bad Girls a snap-crackling read."--School Library Journal

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