When Jack Prelutksy posted the first couplet of a funny poemon a Web site and invited children to finish it, he expected about100 responses. He got thousands. Now he has come up with ananthology of poems on 10 popular subjects by well-known poets andcombined it with his own “poemstarts.” Included with each poemstartare suggestions for various ways the reader might continue thepoem. With large type and a big red stop sign, it is madeabundantly clear that the reader get a pencil and paper to completethe poem. Jack Prelutsky has been credited with making poetry funfor children to read. Now he is making poetry fun for children towrite!