No Fair! No Fair! And Other Jolly Poems of Childhood And Other Jolly Poems of Childhood

by Trillin, Calvin; Chast, Roz

• ISBN13: 9780545825788
• ISBN10: 0545825784
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2016-09-27
• Publisher: Orchard Books

Summary

The first children's poetry collection by award-winning writer Calvin Trillin -- paired with acclaimed illustrator Roz Chast!

Get ready to laugh out loud with Calvin Trillin's first collection of poems for children (and nearby grown-ups). Enjoy the whimsical cartoon illustrations by New York Times bestselling illustrator Roz Chast as you find out if Justin is "the awfulest kid in the class," if there's anything that Matt won't eat, and if you can send back a new baby brother. Inspired by some of Calvin Trillin's real-life experiences, No Fair! No Fair! And Other Jolly Poems of Childhoodcelebrates the humor of familiar everyday topics.

Author Biography

Calvin Trillin is a journalist, humorist, poet, novelist, memoirist, and food writer. A long-time staff writer at the New Yorker, he is also the Nation's "deadline poet." He has published thirty books, many of them bestsellers. His books include Remembering Denny,About Alice, Tepper Isn't Going Out, and Dogfight: The 2012 Presidential Campaign in Verse. In 2012, he won the Thurber Prize for American Humor. He lives in New York.

Roz Chast has been a regular contributor to the New Yorker since 1978. She has illustrated many books, including the New York Times bestseller 101 Two-Letter Words by Stephin Merritt and The Alphabet from A to Y with Bonus Letter Z! by Steve Martin. She is the author and illustrator of Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, a bestselling memoir about her parents, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.