The Goof Who Invented Homework: And Other School Poems

by Kalli Dakos, Denise Brunkus (Illustrator)

A collection of poems that reflect the varied, sometimes funny, sometimes serious activities and emotions of the school year

Genres: Poetry

80 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1996

Reviews

[Marqueshia Allen · Rating 5 out of 5]

The following book is really good! It is fun and more of a kid's book that talks about schools and highlights the life of the school in many different forms. One poem talks about the first day of school, which would be a great poem to start the year. It is quirky, and it is fun. I would tell these stories to younger kids up to 6th grade, but there are some more relatable stories inside the book. The book collectively is very funny and unique, and different.

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[Hannah Adams · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book includes a variety of poems centered around the theme of school. This collection includes a variety of poems of different lengths and with a variety of characteristics. This would be a great book to include in a classroom as each poem alone can be relatable in some way to each student. Since the collection includes a variety of poems, students may notice different ways of writing poetry that they might experiment with in their own writing. These poems are humorous and engaging and make an overall great collection.

[Dylan Rushing · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have always liked poetry, so I thought I'd mix it up and try something a little... smaller on the scale... like books for kids, because they are still good books, and people tend to judge a book by its cover. But this is a great book if you like to mix it up and read poetry.


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[Sara Shupe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute children's poetry that was fun to read with my kids!

[Payton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good poetry book!

[Literacy Group · Rating 5 out of 5]

A collection of 36 poems which describe days at school or a school year.