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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About the authors

Jane Yolen

Jane Yolen (www.janeyolen.com) has been called the Hans Christian Andersen of America and the Aesop of the twentieth century. She has written over 350 books including The Devil’s Arithmetic and Owl Moon. She splits her time between Massachusetts and Scotland. You can follow her on Twitter @janeyolen.

J. Patrick Lewis

J. Patrick Lewis is a storyteller and award winning author of many children's books published in the US. As well as his writing, and going on numerous school visits, he works as a children's book reviewer for The New York Times. The Last Resort is his fourth book for Creative Editions. He lives in Ohio with his wife and children.

Praise for Last Laughs: Prehistoric Epitaphs

Praise for Last Laughs: Animal Epitaphs

  • "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
    • Praise for Bad Girls (Yolen)
  • "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