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The Wildebeest and a Bunch of Crock

and Other Animal Story Poems

New Release – October 15, 2023!

Brief Review Excerpts

“The Wildebeest and a Bunch of Crock and Other Animal Story Poems by Jeffry Glover is a collection of light-hearted and humorous poems that educate and delight children and adults alike …. easy to read, rhythmical, entertaining, … creative, playful, and clever.”

– Jennie More, Readers’ Favorite

“Jeffry Glover’s delightful creation, with its aura of whimsy, may be wrapped in the guise of entertainment, but it holds reflection and fun that appeals on more than one level. Adults who choose this collection as a family read-aloud will discover many opportunities for discussion about life values and approaches. These will translate to hours of fun and interactive pleasure, while libraries that choose The Wildebeest and a Bunch of Crock and Other Animal Story Poems for its solid verse and appealing cover will find its underlying value lends to greater appreciation of nature and wildlife and the lessons it can hold for humans.”

– Diane Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review

Front Cover Art and Book Description

Short Book Description

Award-winning author Jeffry Glover presents an amusing menagerie of real and fanciful animal tales in read-aloud rhyming verse. (20 words)   

Medium Book Description

Award-winning author Jeffry Glover presents an amusing menagerie of real and fanciful animal tales in read-aloud rhyming verse. Written in a unique style at times reminiscent of Ogden Nash with a touch of Shel Silverstein and a smidgen of Aesop, these whimsical poems are just plain fun. (51 words)

Full-length Book Description

Award-winning author Jeffry Glover presents an amusing menagerie of real and fanciful animal tales in read-aloud rhyming verse. You’ll meet a wildebeest that a crafty crocodile is trying to entice to take a swim, courageous cows-moo-nauts making history rocketing to the moon, a tiny cricket in a thicket, a stylish cow deciding what to wear to the county fair, a joyful band of jazz-playing bears, a peliphant, a leopon, a zonkey, and scores of other amusing characters.  Written in a unique style at times reminiscent of Ogden Nash with a touch of Shel Silverstein and a smidgen of Aesop, these whimsical poems are just plain fun. (107 words)

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More Books by Jeffry Glover:

9 Lively Cat Tales and Other Pet Poems

Editorial and Pre-publication Reviews

Short Review Excerpts

“…quite simply pure fun…delightfully purrfect…!”

– Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers’ Favorite, 5-star review

“…[A] collection replete with feisty tales of catitude…and fascinating observations of pets and their quirky importance to human lives.”

– D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review

“An enjoyable read from end to end, 9 Lively Cat Tales and other Pet Poems opens readers to the fascinating world of felines.”

– Anita Lock, Feathered Quill

“What an impressive collection…filled with frisky wit and whimsy, sure to delight animal lovers of all ages….” -Sylvia Kremp, Teacher & Librarian

Medium Review Excerpts

“9 Lively Cat Tales and Other Pet Poems comes from the winner of a Robert Frost Foundation National Poetry Award and combines Jeffry Glover’s experience as an author and educator in a collection replete with feisty tales of catitude, fanciful pet troubles, and life lessons…. The combination of whimsy, feline insights, and varied, rollicking poetic structures will make 9 Lively Cat Tales and Other Pet Poems appealing not just to young readers absorbing poetry and its relevance for the first time; but to all ages who harbor an affection for rhyme, felines, and fascinating observations of pets and their quirky importance to human lives.”

– D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review   [Full editorial review posted at Midwest Book Review]

“9 Lively Cat Tales and Other Pet Poems is quite simply pure fun…. delightfully purrfect!…Any pet owner or animal lover will enjoy this lively and often humorous look at the world according to cats (and dogs).”

—Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers’ Favorite                 [Full editorial review posted at Readers’ Favorite]

“A delightful lilting quality accompanies Glover’s mix of rhyming schemes that are set mainly to couplets, alternating rhymes, and ballads…. Glover has a way of occasionally yet succinctly weaving in fabricated words as well as the element of surprise…. An enjoyable read from end to end, 9 Lively Cat Tales and other Pet Poems opens readers to the fascinating world of felines.”

– Anita Lock, Feathered Quill                                                [Full editorial review posted at Feathered Quill]

“What an impressive collection of varied tributes to our furry friends, filled with frisky wit and whimsy, sure to delight animal lovers of all ages with its antic alliterations…. Christmas shopping for my adult children and grandchildren alike just got easier—they are all going to be amused by reading this riotous romp.”

—Sylvia Kremp, Language Arts Teacher and Librarian

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9 Lively Cat Tales and Other Pet Poems

Cover Art and Book Description

Front Cover Images

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Book Descriptions

 Short Version

1) In 9 Lively Cat Tales and Other Pet Poems, meet felines of all kinds, from pet cats to wild cats both real and fanciful, along with a few beloved dogs. (30 words, 150 characters)

2) In this amusing collection, meet felines of all kinds, from pet cats to wild cats both real and fanciful, along with a few beloved dogs. (25 words)

 Medium Version

 In 9 Lively Cat Tales and Other Pet Poems, an amusing collection of animal stories told in rhyming verse, you’ll find felines of all kinds, from pet cats to wild cats both real and fanciful, along with a few beloved dogs. Meet a cat who needs encouragement to take a bath (front cover), a clever math-whiz cat, a sleepy cat dreaming of catching goldfish, a leopard on a shopping trip, cats with catitude, tigers, lions, leopards, a lynx, and an ocelot more. These poems will become pet favorites to read aloud and treasure. (93 words)

 Long Version

9 Lively Cat Tales and Other Pet Poems is an amusing collection of animal tales in rhyming verse that features felines of all kinds, from pet cats to wild cats both real and fanciful, and a few beloved dogs. Readers meet a cat who needs encouragement to take a bath, a clever math-whiz cat, a sleepy cat dreaming of catching goldfish, a family pet named Maxie who rules the house matter-of-factly, a cat on the bank of the Nile who encounters a hungry crocodile, a fashion-conscious leopard on a shopping trip, cats who think every day is Caturday, cats with catitude, plus tigers, lions, leopards, a lynx, and an ocelot more. With engaging characters, adventurous twists and turns, and whimsical wordplay, these poems will become pet family favorites to read aloud and treasure. Ages: Middle grade through adult     Flesch Reading Ease Score: 91.3 (143 words)

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Author Bio

Short Version

This award-winning author creates delightful rhyming stories that are in turn whimsical, humorous, heartwarming, serious, and just plain fun. (19 words)

Medium Version

Jeffry Glover, winner of a Robert Frost Foundation national poetry award and a leader in education award, creates delightful tales in verse. He draws upon his experience as a school librarian, language arts teacher, and developer of reading promotion products for libraries to produce collections of verse that are in turn whimsical, humorous, heartwarming, serious, and just plain fun. (59 words)

Long Version

Jeffry Glover, winner of a Robert Frost Foundation national poetry award and a top ten Outstanding Leader in Education award, creates delightful rhyming poems and tales in verse. He draws upon his experience as a school librarian and language arts teacher to produce collections of verse that are in turn whimsical, humorous, heartwarming, serious, and fun to read. Jeffry is also the author of two  widely-sold educational library board games. As a reading promotion and library products developer he has spent a lifetime encouraging reading and his work has reached millions of children and adults around the world. He is now publishing books of poetry and rhyming tales on almost every topic under the sun.  (119 words)

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