Nothing beats a pizza
when you're in a pizza mood
because a pizza isn't anything
like any other food.
The opening refrain of Nothing Beats A Pizza is catchy and fun, just like all 32 poems found in Loris Lesynski's new book of poety. Loris's poems are about enjoying language, rhythm, and rhyme - and, most of all, your own creativity.
These poems are meant to be said aloud and shared. They are jumping-off points that invite kids to exercise their creativity with their own versions of the poems:
Leaves were here
they left their prints
in greenish grayish brownish tints
like rubber stamps along the road
an autumn message left in code
On the page below Leaves, Loris starts kids off with: "Pizzas were here. They left their crumbs ..." This is one of many invitations for kids to experiment and see what new creations they can build.
Dancing across the pages are illustrations and poems alive with humor, exploring things that are important to a kid's world: pizza, substitute teachers, homework, moods, food, and pets.
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