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    What's the Weather Inside?
    What's the Weather Inside?
    What's the Weather Inside?
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    What's the Weather Inside?

    By Karma Wilson and Barry Blitt

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    Here are more than 120 hysterical, philosophical, rhetorical, and commonsensical poems and pictures that explore the perfectly not-so-perfect world of picky kids, Miss Muffet's revenge, magic homework wands, yellow snow, and Sunday's sundaes!

    New York Times bestselling author Karma Wilson and renowned New Yorker cartoonist Barry Blitt have created a brilliantly entertaining poetry collection sure to be a source of pleasure and inspiration to kids everywhere.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMargaret K. McElderry Books
    Release dateMar 10, 2009
    ISBN9781439163771
    What's the Weather Inside?
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    Karma Wilson

    Karma Wilson's first poem was published at the tender age of six. The poem was ironically titled, "I Don't Wanna Write a Poem!" Growing up, she had no desire to write. But Providence had different plans, and now Karma writes poems for a living when she's not busy being a wife and raising three kids. Karma is the bestselling author of Bear Snores On and Bear Wants More, as well as If I Were a Mouse, Give Thanks to the Lord, and I Will Rejoice.

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      This is a fun poetry book. I would interest young readers who like poetry. There are numerous playful poems with creative language. They cover a variety of topics but are all ideas that kids can relate to. The creative language is rhetorical, metaphorical, hyperbolic, and more. Each poem can bring a smile to the reader’s face. The illustrations are another great component of “What’s the Weather Inside?” The poems each have pictures that are connections to the ideas. The illustrations are in black and white and they’re an exaggerated drawing style, but they correspond well with the book. The poems offer many opportunities to learn and explore. Perspective is broadened away from the concrete and toward abstract, flamboyant thinking. Overall, the collection of poems is very captivating. The big idea is that entertainment is abundant in the world around us.

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    What's the Weather Inside? - Karma Wilson

    What’s the Weather Inside?

    What’s the weather like inside?

    What’s the forecast say?

    Is that a breeze of memory

    blown in from yesterday?

    Has a fog of doubt rolled in

    upon the winds of change?

    Or floods of creativity

    with just a chance of strange?

    A jolt of anger followed by

    the thunder of despair?

    A lilt of laughter floating

    on a future bright and fair?

    What’s the weather like inside?

    Tune in and take a look.

    Is that a brainstorm coming on?

    Curl up and write a book.

    I dare Ya

    If you think poems are stupid

    and poetry’s a bore,

    if every poem you’ve ever read

    has almost made you snore,

    and if you’re sure this book’s the same

    as all you’ve read before…

    I dare ya, yes, I dare ya: Turn the page.

    Miss Muffet’s Revenge

    Little Miss Muffet

    sat on her tuffet

    eating a yogurt parfait.

    Along came a spider,

    who sat down beside her.

    She squished it

    and flicked it away.

    What Your Dog Might Be Thinking

    I love to pee on the flower bed.

    I love to eat things smelly and dead.

    I love the smell of putridness.

    I love to frolic in rottenness.

    I love to bury my bones in a hole.

    I love to drink from the toilet bowl.

    I love to munch what the garbage man misses.

    I love to give my people kisses. SLURP!

    What Your Cat Might Be Thinking

    I’m the center of the universe.

    I’m all-out royalty.

    There really isn’t anyone

    who’s near as good as me.

    And everything that’s ever done

    is done just for my bidding.

    And I shall banish anyone

    I do not deem befitting.

    Laps were made to be my throne,

    and hands were made to pet me.

    And anything I want to do,

    of course, you have to let me.

    And if you open up a book,

    then that’s to lay my head on.

    And if you put your sweater down,

    well, that’s for me to shed on.

    And if you plant a pretty plant,

    well, that’s for me to chew.

    And if you bring a puppy home,

    well, that’s the end of you.

    What Your Hamster Might Be Thinking

    RUN

    RUN

    RUN

    RUN!

    Through the kitchen

    down the hall

    RUN

    RUN

    RUN

    RUN!

    Must…escape…the…

    plastic…ball…

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