Full name: Technically, It's Not My Fault: Concrete Poems

Author: John Grandits Year: 2004 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Poetry, Young adult, Humor, Children Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780618503612 0618503617

An eleven-year-old boy named Robert voices typical--and not so typical--middle-grade concerns in this unique, memorable collection of hilarious poems. His musings cover the usual stuff, like pizza, homework, thank-you notes, and his annoying older sister. In addition, he speculates about professional wrestling for animals, wonders why no one makes scratch-and-sniff fart stickers, designs the ultimate roller coaster (complete with poisonous spiders), and deconstructs the origins of a new word, snarpy. A playful layout and ingenious graphics extend the wry humor that is sure to resonate with readers of all ages. Similar books: The Far Field by Theodore Roethke Garbage by A. R. Ammons Lighthead by Terrance Hayes The Bridge by Hart Crane Actual Air by David Berman Spring and All by William Carlos Williams Words Under the Words by Naomi Shihab Nye The Lives of the Heart by Jane Hirshfield The Art of Drowning by Billy Collins Come on All You Ghosts by Matthew Zapruder Unincorporated Persons in the Late Honda Dynasty by Tony Hoagland The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde Sappho by Bliss Carman Loose Woman by Sandra Cisneros The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot Blue Lipstick by John Grandits The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt I'm Just No Good at Rhyming by Chris Harris The New Kid on the Block by Jack Prelutsky A Pizza the Size of the Sun by Jack Prelutsky