Once Upon a Tomb: Gravely Humorous Verses

Clever puns and elaborately detailed, surreal artwork illuminate a collection of comically grim verses that can't help but tickle the funny bone.

Reader, if I had more time
I'd say au revoir in rhyme,
Sayonara, ciao in verse --
But I have to catch a hearse.

Peek inside Once Upon a Tomb and find twenty-two poems, each of which tells, in hilarious verse, the story of an untimely demise -- from a school principal to a bully, a food critic to a cafeteria lady, an underwear salesman to a soccer player. Complemented by Simon Bartram's deadpan illustrations, J. Patrick Lewis's cryptic tour of headstones and epitaphs is silly, spooky -- and far from grave.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 07/11/2006
ISBN: 9780763618377
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 11.58h x 8.58w x 0.38d

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 07/15/2006 pg. 726
School Library Journal 08/01/2006 pg. 106
Publishers Weekly 08/28/2006 pg. 53
Booklist 08/01/2006 pg. 81
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2007 pg. 167 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 108653 / Once Upon a Tomb: Gravely Humorous Verses
Reading Level: 3.3 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5