Just in time for back-to-school book bags, here is a collection of limericks about a very unusual school. Readers will laugh themselves silly at all the fun that makes up one very odd school year. Full color. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Gr 3-5 Twenty-four limericks depict the strange happenings at an unusual school, including meals that move ("Spaghetti that wriggles?/And Jell-O that giggles?"), a principal with X-ray vision, and an alien teacher who turns unruly students into statues. Unfortunately, the rhymes are often forced and the lines don't always scan well. The colored-pencil cartoons reflect the wackiness of the poems but can't save the weak text. Doris Losey, Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library, Tampa, FL Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From: Reed Elsevier Inc. Copyright Reed Business Information

Gr. 2-5. Krensky offers 24 zany limericks detailing the adventures of students and staff of a very odd school / That had only one little rule: / There was recess all day / To learn how to play, / Which everyone thought was so cool. Verses conjure a principal with X-ray vision that probes students' brains, cafeteria swill that turns people green, and everyday traumas in the classroom and on the playground. Petrosino's colorful, cartoon-like illustrations extend the humor of the rhymes, sometimes in surprising ways: french fries leaping from their container, smiling spaghetti crawling off the plate, and evil-grinning Jell-O cubes looking ready to attack accompanied by a text that reads, Spaghetti that wriggles? / And Jell-O that giggles? As always with limericks, some tricky rhythms will require a little practice before performing out loud, but this makes a great choice for group sharing or for children who are convinced they don't like poetry. KayWeisman. From: Syndetics Solutions, Inc. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.