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Tickles, Pickles, and Floofing Persnickles: Reading and Writing Nonsense Poems
By Blake Hoena, Catherine Ipcizade, Simon Smith and
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What’s a persnickle? And why is it floofing? Shouldn't it be flurfing, blurfing, or slurfing? This book celebrates all sorts of silly, nonsensical stuff. And it gives you the keys you’ll need to unlock your own poems. So open up, and discover the poet in you!
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Blake Hoena
An editor and script doctor extraordinaire, Blake is also an author of dozens of graphic novels. His published works have been licensed through DC Comics, National Geographic Kids, and Sports Illustrated Kids.
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