books about: poppa

books about: poppa

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Poppa

Big Poppa E's Greatest Hits: Poems To Read Out Loud

Big Poppa E

Eirik Ott, 2007

perfectly amazing work for speech competitors!
this is a perfectly amaing work from a perfectly amazing writer and performer! big poppa e was one of the very first poets who truly moved me and made me, as a high school speech competitor, thrilled to know that someone out there was writing GOOD poetry that was ...

Poppa's New Pants

Angela Shelf Medearis

Holiday House, 1995

A favorite of children
Having heard this story told by the author herself I fell in love with it the first time I heard it. As a teacher it is great for teaching predictions, but as a reader it is an entertaining story that delights everytime. My students love the story and beg to borrow ...

Drug Lord: The Life & Death of a Mexican Kingpin - A True Story

Terrence E. Poppa

Demand Publications, 1998

Right on the money!
After serving in the Border Patrol in the west Texas area for the last ten years, Poppa's book is the most realistic I have read to date. I get frustrated reading many books, especially when they start blaming the US for Mexico's problems. This books explains clearly ...

Last of the Red Hot Poppas

Jason Berry

Chin Music Press, 2006

Thank God! A Comedy from Katrina-land
In the wake of all the books about Katrina's devastation, this new novel about Louisiana is better than a breath of fresh air. It's pure oxygen. No, it's laughing gas. The dialogue of the state's spectacularly corrupt politicians is so perfect, I think the author ...

Where's Poppa-Movie Tie In
Robert Klane

Paperback Library, 1970

Movie Tie In-United Artists starring George Segal and Ruth Gordon cover.

The Happiest Man in the World: An Account of the Life of Poppa Neutrino

Alec Wilkinson

Random House, 2007

A Portrait of a Hero and Nut
Alec Wilkinson has written for _The New Yorker_ for years, and has ideas about who makes a good subject for his prose. "I do not believe that someone is a proper subject, or a laudable figure, only if he has made a lot of money or been a politician, an actor, a ...

Poppa's Itchy Christmas

Angela Shelf Medearis

Holiday House, 1998

This is one of the most awesome books I've encountered
in the youth section of our public library. We checked this book out first time on my son's fourth Christmas, and then again the next year, and this year I ended up purchasing it for a Christmas present from an amazon seller. I was just reading this book before ...

"Poppa" Psychology: The Role of Fathers in Children's Mental Well-Being
Vicky Phares

Praeger Publishers, 1999

Many people seem to be searching for answers to help explain their past, understand their current way of being, and create a happier, more satisfying future. It is the current trend to blame mothers for such emotional problems. "Poppa" Psychology calls into question this habit of blaming mothers, and focuses, instead, on the father-child ...

The Modern Day Nursery Rhymes of Poppa Gander
Joe Sabia

Sunstone Press, 1993

A collection of new nursery rhymes written in a modern vernacular and intended to express contemporary attitudes.

WAITING FOR POPPA: Poems

Peter Serchuk

University of Illinois Press, 1989

Lush and haunting
A tremendously gifted writer, Mr. Serchuk transports his readers through rare and haunting combinations: the physical with the metaphysical, the sensual with the philosophical. In poem after poem, he fearlessly treads the complex terrain of the human heart, and comes ...

Where's Poppa

Paperback Library, 1970

"Either you are going to think its sick humor so outrageous, so grossly slapstick that it's just one of the funniest... pieces of cheerful near-obscenity in a long time; or you're going to hate it. Nothing in between" -- Publisher's Weekly "I fell down in a fit of jealous rage and laughter, crumpled up, held my sides, pulled myself together and ...

From Poppa

Anne Carter

Lobster Press, 1999

A wistful and gentle tale of family
From Poppa is an enjoyable full color children's picture book for young readers who can effortlessly handle easy reader books and are ready for a slightly more detailed story. The heartwarming color illustrations by Kasia Charko wonderfully enhance Anne Carter's story ...