Jack Prelutsky

Children's Poet Laureate, New York Times Bestselling Author. Bring the kids, hear him perform & read poems from his latest book The Swamps of Sleethe - poems from beyond the universe. Check out our large display of Jack's poetry, select some to be signed if you can't make it to the event. Have you ... (more)read Jack's Albuquerque Turkey poem?

As a special treat in National Poetry Month, our nation’s first Children’s Poet Laureate, JACK PRELUTSKY, will introduce his new collection of hilarious poems, My Dog May be a Genius. Be ready for poems of wordplay, poems of shape play, poems to make you laugh and laugh and laugh. There is still ... (more)some doubt about the dog...but Jack Prelutsky is—certifiably—a genius. Don’t miss out on the fun!

For years, Jack Prelutsky inventive poems have inspired legions of children to fall in love with poetry. His outrageously sill poems have tickled even the most stubborn funny bones, while his darker verses have spooked countless lat-night readers. In his newest book, My Dog May Be a Genius, you are in ... (more)for a treat. He had created yet another volume of short poems with guaranteed child appeal. He has assembled a zany cast of imaginary creatures and machines, among them the Blue-Bean-Bonking Bubble that bonks unsuspecting passersby; the Snoober that has 11 heads, eyes, tails, wings, songs, and beaks; the Preposterous Wosstrus "that sleeps in the back of your mind," willing to do whatever you command. Familiar animals doing silly things will amuse readers: a pig in a bathing suit that uses "oinkment" for his sunburn; a steel-eating sheep that grows a coat of steel wool; an absentminded elephant that "tries to fly, forgetting/that it hasn't any wings." This is another wonderful Prelutsky book.

Jack Prelutsky is the nation’s first Childrens Poet Laureate.
He has filled more than forty books of verse with his inventive wordplay including award-winning, national bestsellers Scranimals and The New Kid on the Block. He and his family live in Washington State.

$25 ticket admits two, and includes one copy of My Dog May Be a Genius. Additional $3 tickets may be purchased for admission only (no book)- limit two.