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    I Bet I Can Make You Laugh: Poems by Joshua Seigal and Friends. WINNER of the Laugh Out Loud Awards
    I Bet I Can Make You Laugh: Poems by Joshua Seigal and Friends. WINNER of the Laugh Out Loud Awards
    I Bet I Can Make You Laugh: Poems by Joshua Seigal and Friends. WINNER of the Laugh Out Loud Awards
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    I Bet I Can Make You Laugh: Poems by Joshua Seigal and Friends. WINNER of the Laugh Out Loud Awards

    By Tim Wesson and Joshua Seigal

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    WINNER OF THE 2020 LAUGH OUT LOUD AWARDS

    Packed full of stupendously silly, fantastically funny and hysterically hilarious poems, this brilliant anthology is edited by dynamic poet, Joshua Seigal. Featuring a diverse range of contributors and some brand new poems from Joshua himself, this book is perfect for anyone who needs a giggle or a belly laugh!

    'I think any reader would find it hard not only to avoid laughing, but to stop themselves reading the poems aloud – they are absolutely begging to be performed!' (Library Girl and Book Boy)

    Poets include: A.F. Harrold, Raymond Antrobus, Andy Seed, Sue Hardy-Dawson, Adisa, Kat Francois, James Carter, Jay Hulme and Lewis Carroll.

    Packed with laugh out loud illustrations by Tim Wesson, this follow up to I Don't Like Poetry (which was shortlisted for the 2017 Laugh Out Loud Awards) is a marvellous mixture of subversive humour and insight into the world of children.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
    Release dateAug 9, 2018
    ISBN9781472955463
    I Bet I Can Make You Laugh: Poems by Joshua Seigal and Friends. WINNER of the Laugh Out Loud Awards

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      I Bet I Can Make You Laugh - Tim Wesson

      Contents

      I Bet I Can Make You Laugh, Joshua Seigal

      Introduction

      Words! Words! Words!

      Knock, Knock, Justin Coe

      Goggles, Umbrella, Hullabaloo, Simon Mole

      The World’s Worst Acrostic, Carrie Esmond

      First Drafts (Based on Famous Poems), Joshua Seigal

      Rhyming, Dan Simpson

      Discombobulated, Neal Zetter

      Not Exactly a Love Letter, A. F. Harrold

      You, Traditional, Igbo

      So They Say, Celia Warren

      On the Backwards Bus, Hannah Whitley

      The Essentials, Rob Walton

      Would You Rather, Joshua Seigal

      Dramatic Pause, Sue Hardy-Dawson

      School

      OOPS! Robert Schechter

      Rules, Rules, Rules, Kat Francois

      Yetification, Joshua Seigal

      Our Teacher is a Caveman, Neal Zetter

      My Homework Ate My Dog, Jay Hulme

      To the Loo, James Carter

      Ode to the Flu, Raymond Antrobus

      Home Life

      Daddy Fell into the Pond, Alfred Noyes

      LOB, Roger Stevens

      Sunday Morning Lion, Joshua Seigal

      Lazybones, Traditional, Malawi

      You Are Old, Father William, Lewis Carroll

      My Crazy Cousins, Joshua Seigal

      Note to My Napping Sister, Karen G. Jordan

      What I Want for Christmas, Joshua Seigal

      Go and Get a Haircut, Andrew McWhirter

      How Not to Impersonate Your Mum on the Telephone, Debra Bertulis

      Cartoons, Joshua Seigal

      The Howling, Jane Clarke

      Animals

      Dog Translations, Joshua Seigal

      Dogmatic! Joshua Seigal

      Monkey See, Monkey Do, Andy Seed

      Crab, Irene Assiba D'Almeida

      Vexing Rex, Joshua Seigal

      Shrew, Sarah Westcott

      Panda Versus Penguin, Angela Cleland

      Nature Trail, Sarah Smith

      Wattle I Do? Joshua Seigal

      Pigeons! Joshua Seigal

      Food

      Say Cheese! Joshua Seigal

      The Value of an Onion, A. F. Harrold

      Oh Sausage, Paul Lyalls

      Menu for Monsters, Annie Fisher

      On the Menu, Joshua Seigal

      The Perils of Breakfast, A. F. Harrold

      Season’s Eatings, Joshua Seigal

      Phat Bucks, Adisa

      Leftovers

      Where Are You Going? Roger Stevens

      Prince Not-So-Charming, Rebecca Colby

      Things Could Be Worse, Huw Evans

      Seaside Collective, Janet Philo

      Moongazing, Gary W. Hartley

      Impatience, Frank Dixon (aged 7)

      Bottom, Lorraine Dancer

      I Bet I Can Make You Laugh

      I bet I can make you laugh.

      Are you ready?

      Here goes:

      .......... DEAD KITTENS!

      That didn’t work, did it?

      Okay, how about this.

      Ready?

      .......... ABANDONED PUPPIES!

      That didn’t work either, did it?

      Well, what about

      .......... TERMINALLY ILL BUNNY RABBITS!

      No?

      How about

      .......... MASHED UP BUTTERFLIES!

      Or

      .......... TEDDY BEARS IN THE RUBBISH DUMP!

      Or

      .......... PARENTS THAT DON’T LOVE YOU!!!

      No?

      You mean none of these things

      is funny?

      Hmmm.

      Making you laugh

      is harder than I thought.

      Joshua Seigal

      Introduction

      I was delighted when Bloomsbury

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