# My Head Has a Bellyache: And More Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups - Hardcover

by **Chris Harris** (Author), **Andrea Tsurumi** (Illustrator)

**This hilarious follow-up to the _New York Times_ bestselling poetry book _I'm Just No Good at Rhyming_ is full of surprising twists of wit and wordplay that will have readers rolling on the floor laughing!**

**"Highly recommended, it gets 5 stars and 8 moons and a chef's kiss and a tip of the hat and a jump in the lake from me."--Bob Odenkirk, award-winning actor, writer, and comedian**

_I'm Just No Good at Rhyming_ is this century's most acclaimed comedic poetry collection so far, described as "a worthy heir to Silverstein, Seuss, and even Ogden Nash" _(Publishers__Weekly),_ "wildly imaginative...inspired and inspiring" _(Kirkus),_ and as "everything a book for kids should be" (B.J. Novak). Now, Chris Harris delivers all that and more with dazzling new heights of creativity, kooky conundrums, witty wordsmithing, and of course, wacky laugh-out-loud fun!

There's a whole new cast of characters to meet, from the Nail-Clipping Fairy (who delivers _teeth_ at night), to Orloc the Destroyer (who can be defeated only by his mommy), to the Elderly Caveman (who complains about the younger generation obsessed with playing with fire). There are more mind-bending verbal and visual riddles, plus there's plenty of hilarious hijinks hiding around every corner, whether it's a buffalo that escapes one poem and roams through others or a meteor threatening to land on the book and obliterate everything. There's even a mini book-within-a-book! In between it all, cartoonist Andrea Tsurumi's diverse range of exuberant people, creatures, and anthropomorphic objects ripple through the pages with playful energy.

If your head has a bellyache as you read this book, it will only be because you're laughing WAY. TOO. HARD!

### Author Biography

**Chris Harris** is the _New York Times_ bestselling author of _I'm Just No Good at Rhyming: And Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups,_ illustrated by Lane Smith; _The Alphabet's Alphabet_, illustrated by Dan Santat; and _If You Laugh, I'm Starting This Book Over_, illustrated by Serge Bloch. He has been an executive producer for comedies including _How I Met Your Mother_, and a writer for _The Late Show with David Letterman_. His pieces have appeared in the _New Yorker, Esquire_, the _New York Times_, the _Wall Street Journal,_ and on NPR. He lives in Los Angeles.

**Andrea Tsurumi** (they/them) is the author and illustrator of _Accident!_ and _Crab Cake_, as well as numerous comics. They also illustrated the Kondo & Kezumi series by David Goodner, _Not Your Nest_ by Gideon Sterer, and _Girls Who Code_ by Reshma Saujani. They were born and raised in New York, where they got an MFA from the School of Visual Arts, and they now live in Philadelphia with their spouse and dog. When they'e not inventing croissant-based animals, they like reading about ordinary and ridiculous history.

**Number of Pages:** 192

**Dimensions:** 0.8 x 9.1 x 7.4 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** July 18, 2023

## Details

- **Price:** 19.99 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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