We're sailing toScranimal Island,It doesn't appear onmost maps....Scranimal Islandis where you will findthe fragrant RHINOCEROSE,the cunning BROCCOLIONS.And if you are really, really luckyand very, very quiet,you will spotthe gentle, shy PANDAFFODIL.(You may even hear it yawningIf the morning's just begun,Watch its petals slowly openTo embrace the rising sun.So put on your pith helmet and prepare to explore a wilderness of puns and rhymes where birds, beasts, vegetables, and flowers have been mysteriously scrambled together to create creatures you've never seen before -- and are unlikely to meet again! Your guides -- Jack Prelutsky, poet laureate of the elementary school set, and two-time Caldecott Honor artist Peter Sis -- invite you to join them on an adventure you will never forget!
