<blockquote><i>Nothing beats a pizza<br />when you're in a pizza mood<br />because a pizza isn't anything<br />like any other food.</blockquote></i><p>The opening refrain of <b>Nothing Beats A Pizza</b> is catchy and fun, just like all 32 poems found in Loris Lesynski's new book of poety. Loris's poems are about enjoying language, rhythm, and rhyme - and, most of all, your own creativity.</p><p>These poems are meant to be said aloud and shared. They are jumping-off points that invite kids to exercise their creativity with their own versions of the poems: <blockquote><i>Leaves were here<br />they left their prints<br />in greenish grayish brownish tints<br />like rubber stamps along the road<br />an autumn message left in code</blockquote></i></p><p>On the page below Leaves, Loris starts kids off with: <i>"Pizzas were here. They left their crumbs ..."</i> This is one of many invitations for kids to experiment and see what new creations they can build. </p><p>Dancing across the pages are illustrations and poems alive with humor, exploring things that are important to a kid's world: pizza, substitute teachers, homework, moods, food, and pets.</p>