I'm Allergic to School!: Funny Poems and Songs About School

This book contains 18 hilarious poems and songs about the funnier-than-fiction misadventures that occur every day at school, such as ripping pants on the playground, stapling shirts to shoelaces in art class, having embarrassing “accidents” at the kindergarten concert, and scoring unlikely game-winning soccer goals. Pottle has performed these poems in schools from coast to coast, so it’s no surprise they passed Meadowbrook Press’s poetry panel testing with flying colors. The four-color illustrations by Mike and Carl Gordon that accompany each poem/song are equally entertaining and giggle-packed!

 

Robert Pottle is one of the most prolific and popular “Giggle Poets” in North America. He is coauthor of Tinkle, Tinkle, Little Tot, and his poems are featured in five other Meadowbrook Press anthologies of humorous poetry. His 20 best poems and songs are now featured in his first solo poetry collection, I’m Allergic to School! It contains humorous depictions of everyday events only a former teacher could capture in print.

 

Moonbeam Book Awards 2008 SILVER AWARD: Children’s Poetry

 

Robert Pottle is coauthor of Tinkle, Tinkle, Little Tot. His humorous poems have been featured in six popular Meadowbrook Press poetry anthologies: Miles of Smiles, Rolling in the Aisles, If Kids Ruled the School, My Teacher’s in Detention, Dinner with Dracula, and Oh My Darling, Porcupine. Pottle spent eleven years as a first-grade teacher and now shares his enthusiasm with teachers and students through poetry workshops throughout New England and from coast to coast. Pottle is a rising star on the school circuit. He has created a popular children’s poetry website and lives in Maine with his wife and two children.