Pomelo Books

A CBC Hot Off the Press Selection

Kids need funny books - books that fill them with joy and wonder!

Our newest anthology, CLARA’S KOOKY COMPENDIUM OF THIMBLETHOUGHTS AND WONDERFUZZ, is a mashup of a poetry collection and junk journal fused with a graphic novel plus bonus weird and wonderful facts. It features 150+ poems by a variety of engaging, contemporary poets, plus embedded skill notes, fun cartoon art, tons of trivia, and an engaging story about a week in the life of Clara, her family, and friends at school and at play. There’s something for every kind of kid reader: the fact nerd, the aspiring writer, the doodling cartoonist, the question asker, and the poetry fan. It will get kids giggling while they absorb language arts skills, historical tidbits, and science knowledge - all with punny poetry!

The voices in this book represent popular names in the children’s poetry community and also many new talents, including these poets: Alma Flor Ada, Verrena Diane Anderson, Dolores Andral, Marcie Flinchum Atkins, Kevan Atteberry, Lisa Billa, Robyn Hood Black, Merry Bradshaw, Jay Brazeau, Sandy Brehl, Calef Brown, F. Isabel Campoy, Yangsook Choi, Cynthia Cotten, Mary E. Cronin, Hollie Dagata, Leslie Degnan, Kristy Dempsey, Joanne Emery, Margarita Engle, Janet Clare Fagal, Douglas Florian, Patricia J. Franz, Marilyn Garcia, Van G. Garrett, Charles Ghigna, Avis Harley, David L. Harrison, Jane Heitman Healy, Sara Holbrook, Lyn Jekowsky, Alan Katz, Julie Larios, Irene Latham, Megan Litwin, Molly Lorenz, George Ella Lyon, J. David Martinez, Carmela A. Martino, Sara Matson, Rochelle Melander, Christy Mihaly, Amy Milholland, Kate McCarroll Moore, Kenn Nesbitt, Elisabeth Norton, Eric Ode, Abby Oqueli, Eric E. Peterson, Deborah Reidy, Laura Renauld, Joan Riordan, René Saldaña, Jr., Michael Salinger, Darren Sardelli, Donna JT Smith, Eileen Spinelli, Elizabeth Steinglass, Lynn Street, Suma Subramaniam, Linda Picaro Tarantino, Pamela Taylor, Linda Jean Thomas, Joyce Uglow, Fernanda Valentino, Carol Varsalona, Padma Venkatraman, Charles Waters, April Halprin Wayland, Vicki Wilke, Allan Wolf, Janet Wong, Helen Kemp Zax, and Darcy Day Zoells.

Profits from CLARA’S KOOKY COMPENDIUM OF THIMBLETHOUGHTS AND WONDERFUZZ will benefit charities that bring joy to children in hospitals.