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Opposites and Poetry by Allan Ahlberg; Janet Ahlberg; Carolyn Crimi; Theodor Seuss Geisel; Ruth Heller; Hoban Tana; Lee Bennett Hopkins; X. J Kennedy; Kay Koike; Ruth Krauss; Bruce McMillan; Karl M Rehm; Ernest Lawrence Thayer is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Opposites and Poetry about?

The book begins by introducing Fox and Knox (sometimes called "Mr. Fox" and "Mr. Knox") along with some props (a box and a pair of socks). After taking those four rhyming items through several permutations, more items are added (chicks, bricks, blocks, clocks), and so on. As the book progresses the Fox describes each situation with rhymes that progress in complexity, with Knox periodically complaining of the difficulty of the tongue-twisters. Finally, after the Fox gives an extended dissertation on Tweetle Beetles who fight (battle) with paddles while standing in a puddle inside a bottle (a Tweetle Beetle Bottle Puddle Paddle Battle Muddle), Knox acts on his frustration by stuffing Fox into the bottle, reciting a tongue-twister of his own: When a fox is in the bottle where the tweetle beetles battle with their paddles in a puddle on a noodle-eating poodle, THIS is what they call... a tweetle beetle noodle poodle bottled paddled muddled duddled fuddled wuddled fox in socks, sir! Knox then declares that the game is finished, thanking the Fox for the fun, and walks away while the beetles, a poodle, and the stunned Fox watch. - Wikipedia.

Author

Allan Ahlberg; Janet Ahlberg; Carolyn Crimi; Theodor Seuss Geisel; Ruth Heller; Hoban Tana; Lee Bennett Hopkins; X. J Kennedy; Kay Koike; Ruth Krauss; Bruce McMillan; Karl M Rehm; Ernest Lawrence Thayer

Publisher

Beginner Books, a division of Random House, Inc.

Published

1965

Language

EN

ISBN

9780590437646

Subjects

Children'S, Juvenile

Rating

4.05 / 5 (139 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13