The is a cute collection that almost in compassing all the types of poems and genres of poems. It is made to draw the attention of multiple children with a bunch of different interests. This collection is filled with silly poems that are funny, yet almost make no sense. It is a good collection of poems to get children started with poems and interested in poetry. ( )

Do you love to laugh? Love to make your stomach hurt from laughing so hard? Well this poetry book is the book for you! These poems are grouped by themes such as, folklore, families, animals, monsters, etc. All of these poems are humorous and can definitely make you laugh out loud. This book is filled with funny, weird and some boring poems. I really enjoyed this poetry book because I often find myself telling jokes and laughing at them. I am always wanting to make someones day. My favorite poem from this book would have to be "Invisible Cat" because it is about a snow leopard that coughs so hard his spots came off and when it snows don't look for him because he won't be showing. I just thought that it was hilarious, but yet I think everything is hilarious. I will definitely have to add this to my children book collection. Fantastic book!! ( )

Poems by Kennedy categorized as 1)Families, 2) monsters, 3) eats, 4) Dinosaurs, 5) Birds, 6) peculiar (character), 7) ever hear tell of, 9) unlikely doings. Exploding Gravy has poems for almost all occasions. Its interesting and fun to read for kids, this set of poems I would recommend for fourth and fifth graders. The protagonist of this story is the title whether it be Dad, Medusa, or King Tut. It contains a lot of poems enough for a whole semester if one read daily. ( )

Z's enjoyed X.J. Kennedy's poetry as part of broader anthologies. He picked this up at the library yesterday because he was looking for some poems to cheer him up. Funny in spurts, good wordplay, but a little too Shel Silverstein for the boy's taste.

As for me, reading a poem about a sea horse that meets a saw horse aloud is just torture for this New England mama who's tried to lose the accent. ( )

Very funny poems for kids. I would read this to maybe 4/5 graders. I thought the poems did a good job connecting with the mindset of children. ( )