Explosion at the Poem Factory

"Kilmer Watts makes his living teaching piano lessons, but when automatic pianos arrive in town, he realizes he's out of a job. He spots a "Help Wanted" sign at the poem factory and decides to investigate -- he's always been curious about how poems are made. The foreman explains that machines and assembly lines are used for poetry these days. So Kilmer learns how to operate the "meter meter" and empty the "clichâe bins." He assembles a poem by picking out a rhyme scheme, sprinkling in some similes and adding alliteration. But one day the machines malfunction, and there is a dramatic explosion at the poem factory. How will poetry ever survive? Kyle Lukoff's funny story, rich in wordplay, is complemented by Mark Hoffmann's lively, quirky art. The backmatter includes definitions of poetic feet, types of poems (with illustrated examples) and a glossary of other terms."--

About the author

KYLE LUKOFF has worked at the intersection of books and people for more than half his life, first as a bookseller and later as a school librarian, reviewer, awards juror and contributor to professional publications. His first picture book, A Storytelling of Ravens, illustrated by Natalie Nelson, received two starred reviews and his second, When Aidan Became a Brother was described as "joyful and affirming" in a Kirkus starred review and has received three other starred reviews. A confirmed bachelor, Kyle lives in a Brooklyn apartment filled with books.

Summary

Rich with wordplay and humor, author Kyle Lukoff and award-winning illustrator Mark Hoffman bring poetry to life in this story about Kilmer Watts, a former piano teacher who decides to investigate a new job at the poem factory.

Foreword

REVIEW COPIES:

• Publishers Weekly


• School Library Journal


• Booklist


• Kirkus Reviews


• Horn Book

Product details

• Authors: Kyle Lukoff
• Assisted by: Mark Hoffmann (Illustration), Hoffmann Mark (Illustration)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 6
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2020
• EAN: 9781773061320
• ISBN: 978-1-77306-132-0
• Dimensions: 177 mm x 266 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 399 g
• Illustrations: Full color throughout
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Story books, fairytales, sagas, rhymes, songs > Poems and rhymes; JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Business, Careers, Occupations, JUVENILE FICTION / Concepts / Words, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Children’s / Teenage: Poetry, Early years: letters and words, JUVENILE FICTION / Poetry