{"product_id":"mister-jiggles-rimes-from-the-brine-9781962895170","title":"Mister Jiggles: Rimes from the Brine","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ted Cleary | Ted Cleary\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Silver Song Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Silver Song Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMISTER JIGGLES: RIMES from the BRINE\u003c\/i\u003e - a powder keg of rhythm, rhyme, wordplay, and wit: a feast for the mouth and ear. Best read aloud - a fine fit for bedtime reading, improv, classrooms, and upstart theater. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA rhythm-forward collection of both playful and darkly comic verse, in a mode reminiscent of Lewis Carroll, Maurice Sendak, Shel Silverstein, or T.S. Eliot's \u003ci\u003eOld Possum's Book of Practical Cats.\u003c\/i\u003e The high-velocity poems invite easy memorization and oral performance - indeed, several are songs and stomps. Some have grown from seeds of actual Bronx schoolyard chants or other bits of late 20th-century folklore, which are noted in a brief and colorful appendix. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA slightly mischievous collection - whimsical, sharp, sometimes dark - \"A little spice is nice,\" advise the Brothers Grimm. \"When you sugarcoat the truth \/ all you do is rot the tooth \/ that can flash a fang at the grinning wolf.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a long line of trickster storytellers, Ted Cleary entertains with musical verse - and lively drawings. The book includes a QR code to a secret stash of backstage audio and author's readings and riffs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eExcerpt #1: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBLINNY BLINNY BLIND \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlinny Blinny Blind\u003cbr\u003eIs sightless like her Kind\u003cbr\u003eShe's a Mole in a Hole\u003cbr\u003e'Neath the Huckleberry Vine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe can nibble on a Kibble\u003cbr\u003eAnd never ever dribble\u003cbr\u003eAnd that's the whole Truth\u003cbr\u003eIt ain't no little Fibble. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEv'r single Day's a lot like Night\u003cbr\u003eTo a Mole in a Hole, \u003cbr\u003eAn' a Creature out of sight \u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut don'tcha think for a Minute\u003cbr\u003eHer World's not brimmin' full\u003cbr\u003eDown in that funnel Tunnel \u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat Girl can rock and roll. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe can boogie with the Shoogie\u003cbr\u003eAnd rookie with the Cookie\u003cbr\u003eAn' can make off with the bake off \u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJus' turn around and lookie. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe sings like a Master\u003cbr\u003eAn' plays the Telecaster\u003cbr\u003eShe dances like a Prancer\u003cbr\u003eShe ain't no Necromancer \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut here's the real Magic\u003cbr\u003eOf Blinny Blinny Blind: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe hears under all the Thunder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd higher than a Choir\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd here's another Kicker\u003cbr\u003eFor a certain kind a Stickler \u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe ate the Apple in the Orchard\u003cbr\u003eAnd didn't even die. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut there's a reason for that\u003cbr\u003eMy tingle tangle Folks: \u003cbr\u003eThis wain't no Garden of Eden\u003cbr\u003eJust some jingle jangle jokes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlinny Blinny Blind\u003cbr\u003eIs sightless like her Kind\u003cbr\u003eShe's a Mole in a Hole\u003cbr\u003eNeath the Huckleberry Vine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExcerpt #2: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTHE KIBBLE IS A BIBBLE \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe kibble is a bibble\u003cbr\u003eAnd the bibble is a bobbit\u003cbr\u003eShe put a rimple in the dimple\u003cbr\u003eAnd a pimple in the pocket \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe had her curry in a hurry\u003cbr\u003eAnd a wickle in a wocket -\u003cbr\u003eAnd a worry in a flurry\u003cbr\u003eAnd now she's gonna stop it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExcerpt #3: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTHE THINKER \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003efor Auguste Rodin\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI once thought\u003cbr\u003ea thought. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOr at least\u003cbr\u003eI think\u003cbr\u003eI'd been thinking a thought\u003cbr\u003eat the time\u003cbr\u003eI thought\u003cbr\u003ethe thought. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut on second thought, \u003cbr\u003eI think\u003cbr\u003eI might not have\u003cbr\u003ebeen thinking a thought at all- \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou know, \u003cbr\u003ea thoughtful thought, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ethe kind of thought\u003cbr\u003eyou should think\u003cbr\u003ewhen you're thinking. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnyway, that's what I\u003cbr\u003ethought at the time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI think. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTED CLEARY is a native NYC writer, artist, musician, and teacher. 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