The Pigeons Are Plotting Something

The pigeons are plotting something. Your shadow is planning an exit. Your goldfish has been training in
secret.

Inside this book live 34 poems for kids who already noticed something was off.

Why does Mom always seem to know what you did before you did it? What is your belly trying to tell
you? Why is your foot making phone calls behind your back? And most urgently, why are the pigeons watching like
that?

In the dark-funny tradition of Shel Silverstein and Jack Prelutsky, this collection of 34 illustrated poems
is for brave young readers ages 7 and up who would rather have the truth, even if it has teeth.

• The Pigeons Are Plotting Something, about birds that have stopped pretending


• My Shadow Got a Better Offer, about being left behind by your own reflection


• Eyes in the Back of Her Head, about why moms always know


• The Goosebump Collector, about a girl named Lucy who kept things in jars


• Where'd My Thoughts Go?, about the ones that walked out the door


• Things That Go Bump at Night, about monsters who are mostly just trying their best

...plus 29 more poems about kids who take grown-up sayings extremely literally, body parts that have
started speaking up, and the small everyday horrors that only children notice.

• Readers ages 7-12 (reluctant readers especially)


• Fans of Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, and The New Kid on the
  Block


• Kids who prefer their bedtime stories weird


• Read-aloud time, classroom poetry units, and quiet bathroom giggling

About this book: The first poem in this collection was written for the author's daughter, Penny,
after she became convinced the pigeons in the park were holding meetings about her. She insisted other kids
needed to read these too. So here they are.

34 poems. One increasingly suspicious child.

"Last Tuesday seven pigeons stood
Outside the barber shop.
Not pecking crumbs or flapping
wings...
Just staring at the clock."
from "The Pigeons Are Plotting Something"