My Head Has a Bellyache

The long anticipated follow up to the highly-accoladed, New York Times bestselling poetry collection I'm Just No Good at Rhyming, full of new surprising twists of wit and wordplay that solidifies Chris Harris's reputation as a comedic force to be reckoned with!I'm Just No Good at Rhyming stands alone in the market as this century's most accoladed comedic poetry collection so far, beloved by kids, adults, and reviewers. It was described as a worthy heir to Silverstein, Seuss, and even Ogden Nash (Publishers Weekly), wildly imaginative . . . inspired and inspiring (Kirkus), and as everything a book for kids should be (B.J. Novak), setting the bar very high for a companion title. And now, Chris Harris clears it, with dazzling new heights of creativity, kooky conundrums, witty wordsmithing, and of course, wacky laugh-out-loud fun! There's a whole new cast of characters to meet, from the Nail-Clipping Fairy (who delivers teeth at night), to Orloc the Destroyer (who can be defeated only by his mommy), to the Elderly Caveman (who complains about the younger generation obsessed with playing with fire). There are more mind-bending verbal and visual riddles, including an ingenious poem that incorporates all 192 page numbers throughout. And there's plenty of hilarious hijinks hiding around every corner, whether it's a buffalo that escapes one poem and roams in and out of others, or interrupting texts from critiquing outsiders, or a meteor threatening to land on the book and obliterate everything. There's even a mini book within a book! In between it all, cartoonist Andrea Tsurumi pens a diverse range of exuberant people, creatures, and anthropomorphic objects brought to life by the playful energy rippling through