*** Starred reviews from Kirkus and the American Library Association (ALA) ***If your moral character is flimsyOr your wit be rather slow, Oh dare not read these tales of whimsyFor often do they end in woe.Tales of Whimsy, Verses of Woe is quite possibly the most dangerous book of poetry ever written.Do you dare? It's so good it will make you sneeze. What becomes of a girl who absolutely deteststhe color green? What about a king who joins a punk band? And the little boy who calls up God onthe telephone? Monsters, bears, wizards, and talking vegetables―This book has something foreveryone. Winner of the prestigious Baldersquash Medal, which honors the very best in highfalutinnonsense.Tim DeRoche and Daniel González, author and illustrator of the best-selling Ballad of Huck &Miguel, return with a book of verse that will delight anyone who loves Lemony Snicket or ShelSilverstein.