Get ready to laugh out loud with Calvin Trillin's first collection of poems for children (and nearby grown-ups). Enjoy the whimsical cartoon illustrations by Roz Chast as you find out if Justin is "the awfulest kid in the class," and if there's anything that Matt won't eat, and if you can send back a new baby brother. Inspired by some of Calvin Trillin's real-life experiences, No Fair! No Fair!: And Other Jolly Poems of Childhood celebrates the humor of familiar everyday topics. Calvin Trillin is a journalist, humorist, poet, novelist, memoirist, and food writer. A long-time staff writer at the New Yorker , he is also the Nation 's "deadline poet." He has published thirty books, many of them bestsellers. His books include Remembering Denny, About Alice , Tepper Isn't Going Out , and Dogfight: The 2012 Presidential Campaign in Verse . In 2012, he won the Thurber Prize for American Humor.
He lives in New York. Roz Chast has been a regular contributor to the New Yorker since 1978. She has illustrated many books, including the New York Times bestseller 101 Two-Letter Words by Stephin Merritt and The Alphabet from A to Y with Bonus Letter Z! by Steve Martin. She is the author and illustrator of Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? , a bestselling memoir about her parents, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.