THERE ONCE WAS A MAN WHO LOVED A RAT and Other Vile Little Poems
by Gerda Rovetch
The word “vile” means disgusting, wretched, unpleasant! Who would want to read poems like that?
I tried them out, and discovered that while they ARE a little gross, they are mostly just plain silly!
Each rhyme is just four lines, illustrated with a simple (and very funny) picture. In the book, you’ll meet some very strange people, like…
“There was a man who loved to bake.
Sometimes his bread contained a snake.
Sometimes the snake was not quite dead.
Most people did not like his bread.”
or….
“There was a man in Albilene
who loved a little lima bean.
He kept it in a velvet bag
and only took it out to brag.”
Hmmmm….what do you think? Could YOU write a poem like this about someone you know??
