Galaxy Pizza and Meteor Pie
(And Other School Poems That Are
Out of This World!)
Welcome to Darren Sardelli’s world of Laugh-A-Lot Poetry! In Galaxy Pizza and Meteor Pie, you’ll run into a teacher who mixes up her words, one who gives detention to water fountains and bus tires, and one who forgets how to act around students. You’ll meet unusual lunch ladies who serve Candy Cane Craters, Milky Way Shakes, and fresh Corn on the Comet. There’s also a dog that enjoys doing chores, a parent who gets out of hand at a parent-teacher conference, and a principal who lets kids take over the school on Opposite Day. Pam Catapano brings each poem to life with her colorful characters, brilliant imagination, and delightful illustrations. Darren and Pam are proud of their work and are happy to share Galaxy Pizza and Meteor Pie with the universe.
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Rolling in the Aisles
(A Collection of Laugh-Out-Loud
Poems)
Rolling in the Aisles (Meadowbrook Press, 2004) contains some of the funniest poems ever written by Darren Sardelli, Bruce Lansky, Jack Prelutsky, Shel Silverstein, Douglas Florian, Kenn Nesbitt, Ted Scheu, Robert Pottle, Dave Crawley, Charles Ginga, Linda Knaus, Kathy Kenney-Marshall, and many other wonderful poets. In this book, you’ll find hilarious poems about pets, teachers, food, holidays, and sports. Stephen Carpenter brings each poem to life with his wonderful illustrations. Rolling in the Aisles is the perfect book for anyone who loves to smile, giggle, or laugh.
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Tinkle, Tinkle, Little Tot
Peter, Peter, Pizza Eater
Dinner with Dracula My
Teacher’s in Detention My Teacher’s in Detention (Meadowbrook Press, 2006) contains the most hilarious school poems ever written by the top poet’s in the children’s book industry today. Once you pick up this book and start reading it, you won’t want to put it down. The poems by Darren Sardelli, Bruce Lansky, Kenn Nesbitt, and all the other great poet’s who wrote poems for this book, will make you look at school in a very different way (which might make your teachers a little bit nauseous). Order an autographed copy of My Teacher’s in Detention today! Dinosaur
Poems – The Anthology Dinosaur Poems – The Anthology (Scholastic UK, 2006) is a wonderful assortment of funny dinosaur poems selected by Paul Cookson, one of the top children’s poets in the UK. This is a Jurassic-tastic poetry collection with enough thrills and spills to bring you to the edge of extinction. The poems by Darren Sardelli, Paul Cookson, Roger Stevens, Eric Ode, Robert Scotellaro, Graham Denton, and Sue Cowling are some of the best prehistoric poems around! Order an autographed copy of Dinosaur Poems – The Anthology
today! READ ME OUT LOUD!
(Songs and Rhymes for
Toilet Training)
Tinkle, Tinkle, Little Tot (Meadowbrook Press, 2005) is the most entertaining and motivating toilet training book ever! It includes eighteen funny songs and poems to help two-to-four-year-olds through the process of toilet training. This book is a fun and easy way to gain a child’s cooperation in toilet training. Anne Catharine Blake’s delightful and colorful illustrations give toddlers the confidence they need to become big boys and girls. This book contains songs and poems by Darren Sardelli, Bruce Lansky, Kay Cummings, Christine Zuchora-Walske, Robert Pottle, and Linda Knaus.
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(And Other Silly Rhymes)
Peter, Peter, Pizza Eater (Meadowbrook Press, 2006) is a collection of funny and edgy poems that will knock Mother Goose’s socks off. Little Miss Muffet, Humpty Dumpty, Yankee Doodle, and Little Boy Blue have not been able to stop laughing ever since they read all the funny poems in this book. Jack and Jill are still talking about Stephen Carpenter’s entertaining illustrations. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men are quickly lining up to purchase a copy of Peter, Peter, Pizza Eater. This book contains poems by Darren Sardelli, Bruce Lansky, Kenn Nesbitt, Tim Tocher, Bill Dodds, Robert Scotellaro, Joyce Armor, Linda Knaus, and other great poets.
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Pizza Eater today!
(Hilarious, Hair-Raising Poems)
Dracula can’t wait to sink his fangs into this tasty book of scary and funny poems. Darren Sardelli, Jack Prelutsky, Bruce Lansky, Kenn Nesbitt, Eric Ode, and a few other awesome poets brought some of their best Halloween poems to the Meadowbrook laboratory, added a few bolts of electricity, and watched their poems come to life. Dinner with Dracula (Meadowbrook Press, 2006) is filled with spine tingling poems about monsters, ghosts, giants, and mischievous creatures that do some pretty creepy things. Mike Gordon created some of the scariest illustrations around for this hair-raising book of poems.
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Dracula today!
(Kids’ Favorite
Funny School Poems)
(Funny Poems about Dinosaurs)
READ ME OUT LOUD! (Pan Macmillan, UK, 2007) contains a poem for every day of the year from the very best modern and classic poets. There are raps, chants, action verses, loud poems and quiet ones, in fact, there's something for every mood or moment. Some of the poems in this unique collection of poetry were written by Darren Sardelli, Willian Shakespeare, Walt Whitman, Lewis Carroll, Emily Dickinson, John Keats, Edward Lear, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Wordsworth, Dylan Thomas, and Christina Rossetti. It’s a book that has at least one poem for everyone.
I Hope I Don't Strike Out!
(And Other Funny Sports Poems)
I Hope I Don’t Strike Out (Meadowbrook Press, 2008) is the first major anthology of funny poems about sports. It was designed to motivate sports-loving boys and girls to read by focusing on the funny side of sports. It covers all major sports in which kids participate, including baseball, football, basketball, soccer, swimming, skiing, running, karate, golf, volleyball, and dodgeball. A few of the All Star poets who contributed to this fantastic book of sports poetry include Darren Sardelli, Bruce Lansky, and Jeff Mondak.
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BUSES TO BOOKS
Reading, Writing, and Reciting
Poems About School
Poetry is a form of writing that makes words come alive! The poets (in this book) use different styles and techniques to create feelings or experiences that spark imagination and creativity. BUSES TO BOOKS (ABDO Publishing, 2008) is a fun book that makes poetry enjoyable for elementary school students. Some of the poems featured in this book were written by Darren Sardelli, Eileen Spinelli, Eric Ode, Kenn Nesbitt, and Robert Pottle.
PORTOBELLO ROAD 4
(A Textbook That Teaches English
To German Students)
Portobello Road 4 (Diesterweg, Germany, 2008) is a colorful book that teaches German students about life in America. Some of the featured sections in this book include: After School Activities, Television Shows, Jobs, US National Parks, New York, California, and Celebrities. This book contains interviews with Jacqueline Woodson and Chad Michael Murray, lyrics by Avril Lavigne, and poems by Darren Sardelli, Jack Prelutsky, and Langston Hughes.
CAMDEN MARKET 4
(A Textbook That Teaches English
To German Students)
Camden Market 4 (Diesterweg, Germany, 2008) is a fun, cool textbook that teaches German students about America. Some of the featured sections in this book include: Holidays, Festivals, Fashion, Sports, Food, and Native Americans. This book contains poems by Darren Sardelli, Jack Prelutsky, and Wayne Edwards, interesting articles about Will Smith and William Wrigley Jr. (Creator of Wrigley’s Chewing Gum), and an awesome section on High School Musical.
What I Did on My Summer Vacation
(Kids' Favorite Funny Summer Vacation Poems)
What I Did on My Summer Vacation (Meadowbrook Press, 2009) contains over 40 sidesplitting poems about summer vacation that cover everything from the much-anticipated last day of school to family road trips, wacky days at summer camp, learning how to swim, dizzying roller coaster rides at amusement parks, fun-filled days at the beach, and finally, the dreaded first day of school. These hilarious poems written by Darren Sardelli, Bruce Lansky, Dave Crawley, Tim Tocher, Neal Lavine, and a few other amazing poets are sure to make you count the days until summer vacation begins!
Pound A Poem
(Healthy Poems About Fruits and Vegetables)
Pound A Poem (Metro Publishing, England) is a poetry competition for children aged 5 to 11, in school years 1 to 6. Pound a Poem is focused around three key areas: Literacy, Healthy Eating and Good Citizenship (children helping children).
We are continuing with 2006's successful theme of Healthy Eating and we are asking for every child to write at least one poem about fruit and vegetables and pay £1 to enter their poem into the competition. All of the money raised will go to Rays of Sunshine granting wishes to terminally and seriously ill children.
Celebrity poets include Darren Sardelli, Charles Ghigna, Dave Crawley, Eric Ode, Linda Knaus, Graham Denton, and Kenn Nesbitt.
Camden Town 4
(A Textbook That Teaches English
To German Students)
Camden Town 4 (Diesterweg, Germany, 2009) is a textbook that teaches German students about diversity in America. Darren Sardelli’s poem, The American Spirit – Katrina, is featured in this widely distributed textbook.
As well as various anthologies, Darren Sardelli’s poems have been published in newspapers, magazines, newsletters, and have appeared in television shows and documentaries.
Here’s a list of Darren’s most recent publications:
The American Spirit – Katrina - Long Island Press, Oct. 2005, Smithtown News, Oct. 2005, Habitat for Humanity Newsletter, Nov. 2005, The Smithtown News, Nov. 2005, The Louisiana English Journal, 2006. This poem also appeared in an independent documentary in 2006.The Silliest Teacher in School - Smithtown News, 2005
Cupid’s Arrow - Pines Times Newsletter, 2005
Little Boy Blue, Please Cover Your Nose – Growing Up Great (A newsletter published by The Child Care Health and Safety Advisory Committee in El Paso, CO (January/February 2007)
My Doggy Ate My Essay and Don’t Forget to Share – These 2 poems are featured in the book, Pet Poems (TJMF Publishing, 2007)
Surfing, Recess! Oh, Recess!, and Twenty Bucks – These 3 poems are featured in the book, The Innocence of Children (TJMF Publishing, 2008)
A Secret, A Bad Seed, A Firefly, Horsing Around, and A Snowman With A Carrot Nose – These 5 poems are featured in The 2009 Dutch Farmer’s Almanac (Kluis Publishing, LLC)
A Colorful Character and Galaxy Pizza and Meteor Pie – These 2 poems are featured in the book, Long Island Sounds: From Maspeth to Montauk and Beyond (The North Sea Poetry Scene Press, 2009)
My Doggy Ate My Essay – This poem is featured in the magazine, The Pet Planet Magazine (Fall 2009)
Germit McDermit – This poem is featured in the magazine, The Pet Planet Magazine (Winter 2009/2010)
Darren Sardelli has won a few awards for his outstanding poetry.
Darren’s most recent awards include:
1st Place for Children’s Book Writing at the 2005 Santa Barbara’s Writers Conference (which is one of the top ten writer’s conferences in the world).
www.sbwc.org
(2nd Place Poem – My Doggy Ate My Essay)
1st Place in the 2008 TJMF Poetry For Children Contest
(1st Place Poem – Surfing)
A Top 100 Laugh Site
LinkFinding.com
Top Children's Poet
Best of the Web (botw.org)
iParenting Media Awards
Tinkle, Tinkle, Little Tot (2005) – Greatest Products of 2005 Winner: Book
I Hope I Don't Strike Out! (2008) – Excellent Product Winner: Poetry
Teachers' Choice Awards (TCA)
I Hope I Don't Strike Out! (2008) – Teachers’ Choice Awards for the Family: Children’s Books
National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA)
Tinkle, Tinkle, Little Tot (2006) – GOLD AWARD: Babies and Toddlers
USABookNews.com
I Hope I Don't Strike Out! (2008) – FINALIST: Poetry: Anthologies
