Hot Chips

By Steve Melton

Hot Chips is a very eclectic collection of children's poems that are unlike the works of more traditional writers Some are gentle. Others have a quirky edginess that will appeal to those with a more abstract view of children and life. Sixty two poems cover a multitude of subject ranging from dislike of a single pea left on a dinner plate, to a catastrophic situation brought on by a little girl's obsession with hot chips. There are fishing stories involving stocking the bathtub with a giant carp caught in a creek. Or, when the weather is bad and the fish aren't biting, a little boy might try fishing in in the toilet. There are poems of humorous tragedy because Little Dirty Danny wouldn't wouldn't clean his room. Every poem has a different theme or point of view from what one might find in more traditional children's poetry. While this a collection of situations and stories as seen through the eyes of young children, there are enough twists and turns to keep adults interested and entertained. Read the first entry "Hot Chips" to your kids at bedtime, and be prepared for what happens.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Steve Melton
• Release date: Jan 23, 2016
• ISBN: 9781310695933

Steve Melton

Steve Melton has authored an eclectic assortment of works. “Presidents and Kings” is his first published novel. "Searching for Aunt Bea" is his latest offering. Soon to follow will be "Pasadena Thunder," a fictional work about a little old lady who races a Dodge Muscle car on the streets of Pasadena. Other works waiting in the wings are a collection of novelettes. Several volumes of children’s poetry. And a volume of stories from his childhood growing up in the fifties and sixties in the middle class suburbs of St. Louis. Steve is a graduate of the University of Missouri where he studied journalism, art and photography. He served four years in the United States Air Force as an overseas communications specialist. He earned his teaching credentials form Lees McRae College in North Carolina. He retired after twenty years of teaching Junior High and High School Social Studies. He does volunteer work at the Missouri Home for Veterans in St. Louis. Inspiration for his characters comes from his father and other military warriors he has had the honor to know and associate with during his life. Steve's knowledge of Blue Ridge Mountain life and culture was the inspiration for another soon to be published novel, "Blue Ridges - Silver Streets." He laughingly refers to himself as a “real renaissance guy” with interests in writing, music, cooking, photography, comedy, physical fitness, Biblical teachings and a growing relationship with Jesus Christ

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Hot Chips

And other kid stuff

By Steve Melton

Table of Contents

Forward

Hot Chips

Monster In My Closet

What’s Wrong With That Boy

Peanut Butter Sandwich

Wash Your Hands

Drier Rider

Barefooted

Too Many Kitties

The Fish Tank

Selma Hill

Mr. Klinker Filtersniff

Time Lines

The Pogo Stick

Linda Blitz Mud Pies

That Pea

Show and Tell, Jack and Jets

Bathtub Ocean

The Fishing Story

The Big Dog

The Escalator

The Elevator

Baby in the Tummy

Jumping on the Bed

Navel Destroyer

Pneumonia Hole

Kitty Toys

Santa Bringles Thingles

Blippo and Grabbo

Cardboard Carl

Milk Secret

Rock in My Shoe

Space Plans

Jello for a Pet

Hairy Clothing

Smelling Grandma

Snakes

Thing Beneath the Bed

Size Wise

Submarine Toilet

Tulips

Gumballs

Screaming Mee Mee Tree

Quickie Pop

Shaking Towers

Looking at the Moon

Bubble Gum Journey

The Big Kid

Little Dirty Danny

Martian Kickball

The Rotten Messy Dolly Haircut

The Secret Fort

Trouble in the Cereal Box

The Grocery Kart

Getting Dressed

Noises

The Little Wuzworth

Mr. Pilfer Peterfoot

Grandpa’s Face

The Big Flush

Use Your Head

The Last Word

Forward

I’m so glad you have this book

It’s lots of goofy fun

Tales of kids and pets and stuff

And funny things we’ve done

Maybe you’re a bigger kid

Or just a wee bit small

Maybe you’re a shorter kid

Or maybe you’re real tall

Maybe you’re an older kid

Who knows a lot of stuff

Or maybe you’re a younger kid

Who’s not quite old enough

Maybe you’ve been everywhere

Or never left your home

Maybe you have lots of friends

Or spend your time alone

Read this book and you will find

Kids a lot like you

Kids who dream and play and act

And feel just like you do

And me, I’m just an older kid

Who likes to sit and write

And hopes your parents take the time

To read to you tonight

Tonight before you go to bed

I’ll tell you what to do

Spend a little time with me

I wrote this book for you

Hot Chips

Our little Chelsea

Just likes to snack

Offer her chips

She eats the whole pack

She likes the hot ones

That burn up your lips

She likes to say

I like hot chips

But now there’s a brand

Nobody should buy

So flaming hot

Nobody should try

They come in a bag

That’s fire engine red

With skulls and flames

One taste and your dead

But our little Chelsea

Has fire proof lips

She always says

I like hot chips

But these are so hot

They burn holes in ships

But Chelsea just says

I like hot chips

Give me some please

I heard what you said

But I need a snack

When I go to bed

And Chelsea just stood

Her hands on her hips

We all heard her say

I like hot chips

But it was too late

They sent her to bed

Poor little thing

She never got fed

Next morn she ate

A ton of French toast

But she wasn’t full

What she wanted most

A hand full of chips

From that fiery red bag

She just ignored

That big warning tag

Eating these chips

Can make you go nuts

Your kids might be born

With multiple butts

In tests on these chips

Scientists find

That brains melt away

And some will go blind

But Chelsea just sighed

A smile on her lips

She said it agaib

I like hot chips