"When a girl brings home an octopus and wants to keep him as a pet, her daddy reminds her of the crocodile, seals, and other inappropriate animals she has already brought into the house."
Bam Bam Bam(Reprint) by Eve Merriam, DanYaccarino Paperback, Published 1998 by Demco Media ISBN-13: 978-0-606-13179-7, ISBN: 0-606-13179-5
"In this noisy poem, a wrecking ball demolishes old houses and stores to make way for a skyscraper."
Bam Bam Bam(Reprint) by Eve Merriam, DanYaccarino Paperback, 32 Pages, Published 1998 by Henry Holt And Co. (Byr) ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-5796-6, ISBN: 0-8050-5796-X
"An exuberant celebration of construction and the noise and confusion that accompany it. "