19 1/2 Spells Disguised As Poems
By Josh Donellan and Holly Eastwood
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The first thing you should know about this book is that it’s DEFINITELY NOT a collection of actual magic spells because magic isn’t real, obviously. Disguising spells as a collection of poems is the kind of wickedly brilliant thing that only an absolute supervillain would do, and this poet is not any kind of supervillain. He’s an actual poet who’s won awards and everything and certainly wouldn’t disguise a series of spells as a collection of poems about zombies, monsters, and rapping grandmas. What a ridiculous suggestion!
“If you only read one book this year…you aren’t reading enough books. What is wrong with you? Read more books. And this should be one of them.” – Frederick von Happenstance, third Earl of Notwitheringshire
“I asked my grandma to buy me a book to help me with my spelling but she didn’t hear me properly and she bought me this book of spells instead. I am very happy with it and in unrelated news my annoying brother has been mysteriously turned into a goldfish.” – Cynthia Newtonberry, aspiring wizard, age 9 and three quarters
“This is the worst recipe book I have ever read.” – Agatha Malpractice, professional lip-reader and amateur lip-syncer
“A delicious, low-calorie snack with a zesty flavour.” – Blurck, bookworm.
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19 1/2 Spells Disguised As Poems - Josh Donellan
19 ½ Spells
Disguised as Poems
by Josh Donellan
with illustrations by
Holly Eastwood
Published by Odyssey Books in 2019
www.odysseybooks.com.au
Copyright © Josh Donellan 2019
www.jmdonellan.com
Illustrations Copyright © Holly Eastwood 2019
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted by any person or entity, including internet search engines or retailers, in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying (except under the statutory exceptions provisions of the Australian Copyright Act 1968), recording, scanning or by any information storage and retrieval system without the prior written permission of the publisher.
A Cataloguing-in-Publication entry is available from the National Library of Australia
ISBN: 978-1-925652-89-5 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-1-925652-90-1 (ebook)
audio recordings of these poems (spells) are available at jmdonellan.com/spells
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NOVELS
A Beginner’s Guide to Dying in India
Killing Adonis
FOR YOUNGER READERS
Zeb and the Great Ruckus
PODCASTS
Six Cold Feet
THEATRE
Inter
We Are All Ghosts
POETRY
Stendhal Syndrome
Table of Contents
A Note From The Author
The Wondrous, Miraculous Story Of Why I Can't Show You My Homework
My Grandma Loves Hip-Hop
My (After)Life As A Zombie
A Brief Explanation Of Why That Box Is Moving And Making Strange Noises That Sound Curiously Similar To What My Little Brother Would Sound Like If He Was Trapped In A Box
The Octopus
Crushin' Russian
Library
An Apology To My Annoying, Stinky Brother For Breaking Your Toy Laser Gun That I Only Wrote Because Mum Made Me
My School Tuckshop
A Poem About My Human
A Poem About MY Dog
Things I Want To Be When I Grow Up
The Mantis Shrimp
The Lie
I Don't Want To Analyse This Poem
The Pencil Poem
A List Of Things I’d Rather Do Than Homework
A Plane Explanation
Questions For Santa
Something Something And The Amazing Whatever*
About the Author
About the Illustrator
A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR
Quick, read this bit before your parents ask what you’re looking at! It’s very important that you know that this whole book is actually a collection of spells very extremely cleverly disguised as poems. You might have noticed that we use the word ‘spell’ to describe creating words as well as creating magic. That’s because words are magical, especially the ones in this book. These spells might save you from great danger someday. So if your parents tell you they don’t think it’s a good idea to read this book because the author is apparently a weirdo who lives in an underground cave where he is assembling an army of evil robots, you must do whatever it takes to convince them otherwise.
Parents are