The Ant in the Cellar

Danielle Rosenblatt
A Better Be Write Publisher (2007)
ISBN 9780978898533  
Reviewed by Brianne Plach (age 9) for Reader Views (4/07)

"The Ant in the Cellar" is a very fun treasury of poems. If you are looking for humorous poems about everyday objects and places, this is definitely the book for you. The objects like toasters, triangles, and thumbs all seem to come to life and you learn just how they would feel if they could talk.

There are poems about places like the bathroom, living room, and the basement. Oh no, the shower has growing from its drain a flower!  There are poems about many animals like a mouse, dino and ant. I really liked the one about the llama who was wearing purple pajamas not thinking that she would start a new trend.

I'm hoping to use one of these poems like "Harry the Couch Potato" or "Grumpy the Grumpster" as a possible forensics poem next year. There is such a wide variety of poems in this book that I'm sure every one who reads it would find something that would make them laugh.

Note from Brianne's mother: When Brianne was reading this book, I often saw her laughing.  She kept wanting to share poems with me. She kept saying "Mom, you gotta hear this one!"

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