A Children's Book Council "Boredom Busters" Selection! CLARA'S KOOKY COMPENDIUM OF THIMBLETHOUGHTS + WONDERFUZZ is a fun-filled journal-style book by Sylvia Vardell + Janet Wong, featuring a mixture of dandy doodles and drawings, fun facts, quirky questions, and 150+ poems that will get your kids giggling and guffawing while they learn about language arts, science, math, research skills, writing techniques, and more. It is "anthology meets junk journal" fused with a graphic novel plus bonus weird and wonderful trivia! In full color throughout, it tells the story of a week in the life of Clara, her family, and friends. Best for grades 3 and up. The 74 voices in this book represent popular names in the children's poetry community and also many new talents, including these poets: Alma Flor Ada, Verrena Diane Anderson, Dolores Andral, Marcie Flinchum Atkins, Kevan Atteberry, Lisa Billa, Robyn Hood Black, Merry Bradshaw, Jay Brazeau, Sandy Brehl, Calef Brown, F. Isabel Campoy, Yangsook Choi, Cynthia Cotten, Mary E. Cronin, Hollie Dagata, Leslie Degnan, Kristy Dempsey, Joanne Emery, Margarita Engle, Janet Clare Fagal, Douglas Florian, Patricia J. Franz, Marilyn Garcia, Van G. Garrett, Charles Ghigna, Avis Harley, David L. Harrison, Jane Heitman Healy, Sara Holbrook, Lyn Jekowsky, Alan Katz, Julie Larios, Irene Latham, Megan Litwin, Molly Lorenz, George Ella Lyon, J. David Martinez, Carmela A. Martino, Sara Matson, Rochelle Melander, Christy Mihaly, Amy Milholland, Kate McCarroll Moore, Kenn Nesbitt, Elisabeth Norton, Eric Ode, Abby Oqueli, Eric E. Peterson, Deborah Reidy, Laura Renauld, Joan Riordan, René Saldaña, Jr., Michael Salinger, Darren Sardelli, Donna JT Smith, Eileen Spinelli, Elizabeth Steinglass, Lynn Street, Suma Subramaniam, Linda Picaro Tarantino, Pamela Taylor, Linda Jean Thomas, Joyce Uglow, Fernanda Valentino, Carol Varsalona, Padma Venkatraman, Charles Waters, April Halprin Wayland, Vicki Wilke, Allan Wolf, Janet Wong, Helen Kemp Zax, and Darcy Day Zoells. A portion of the profits from this book will be donated to charities that bring joy to children in hospitals.