Books with title I Froze My Mother: And Other Seriously Funny Family Poems

Ted Scheu is fast establishing himself as one of the top poets for children in the US. In “I Froze My Mother and Other Seriously Funny Family Poems” he manages to capture—with honesty and loads of rich, ironic humor—all the dreams, screams, groans, and giggles of family life, seen through the clear eyes of a child. Children ages 6 to 11 find rhyming answers to nagging questions about dealing with puzzling parents and siblings. Titles include “I Froze My Mother,” “The Alien in Our Bathroom,” “My Father is a Baby,” “How to Beat a Bully,” and “Scream Quietly, Please.” Sprinkled in among these 58 fun and funny poems are startlingly beautiful photo illustrations from the camera of Peter Lourie. His black and white, close-up images of kids perfectly compliment the adjacent poems. This updated edition of “I Froze My Mother” is one of the freshest collections of poems for kids to tumble down the stairs in years.

Freeze your mother! Learn new words from your dad! Trade your brother! Help your sister share her secrets! From the kid-like brain of one of the world's funniest poets for children, here's a family-full of dreams, screams, groans, and giggles. The fresh, honest voices lurking within these poems combine with eye-popping Peter Lourie photographs to endlessly tickle your gigglebone. You'll zoom through this collection before your mother even thaws!