The Nonsense Show - Softcover

Carle, Eric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141368098 ISBN 13: 9780141368092

Publisher: Puffin, 2016

Synopsis

Ducks growing out of bananas?
A mouse catching a cat?
What's wrong with this book?

Yes, there's something strange, something funny and even downright preposterous on every page of this book (and even the cover!). But it's not a mistake - it's nonsense! And it's also surrealism. Nonsense lies at the heart of many beloved nursery rhymes. Children readily accept odd statements like "the cow jumped over the moon" and "the dish ran away with the spoon." This fanciful bending of reality is also basic to surrealism.

In this book, nonsense and surrealism combine to spark creativity and imagination. What's true? What's impossible? What's absolutely absurd? From Eric Carle, creator of the classic, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, comes a book to make children laugh and think, preparing them for a lifetime of loving both words and art.

About this title

Review:

Praise for "The Nonsense Show"
* "Carle creates fun and laughter in thishomage to the surrealist artist Rene Magritte. [P]erfect for storytimesand silly times all round. Carle hits it out of the nonsense park!" "Booklist," starred review
* "A sure hit as a read-aloud and a definite purchase for picture book collections." "School Library Journal," starred review
* "A picture book made to incite pleasure and joy." "Kirkus Reviews," starred review"

* "Carle creates fun and laughter in thishomage to the surrealist artist Rene Magritte. [P]erfect for storytimesand silly times all round. Carle hits it out of the nonsense park!" "Booklist," starred review
* "A sure hit as a read-aloud and a definite purchase for picture book collections." "School Library Journal," starred review
* "A picture book made to incite pleasure and joy." "Kirkus Reviews," starred review
* "["The Nonsense Show"], with its cleanly designed white pages, makes the unexpected elements of the imagery stand out and prompts questions and wonder." "Horn Book," starred review"

A"TIME"Magazine Top 10 Children's Book of 2015!
* "Carle creates fun and laughter in thishomage to the surrealist artist Rene Magritte. [P]erfect for storytimesand silly times all round. Carle hits it out of the nonsense park!" "Booklist," starred review
* "A sure hit as a read-aloud and a definite purchase for picture book collections." "School Library Journal," starred review
* "A picture book made to incite pleasure and joy." "Kirkus Reviews," starred review
* "["The Nonsense Show"], with its cleanly designed white pages, makes the unexpected elements of the imagery stand out and prompts questions and wonder." "Horn Book," starred review"

A TIME Magazine Top 10 Children's Book of 2015!

* "Carle creates fun and laughter in this homage to the surrealist artist Rene Magritte. [P]erfect for storytimes and silly times all round. Carle hits it out of the nonsense park!"-Booklist, starred review

* "A sure hit as a read-aloud and a definite purchase for picture book collections."-School Library Journal, starred review

* "A picture book made to incite pleasure and joy."-Kirkus Reviews, starred review

* "[The Nonsense Show], with its cleanly designed white pages, makes the unexpected elements of the imagery stand out and prompts questions and wonder."-Horn Book, starred review

About the Author:

Eric Carle is an internationally bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator of books for very young children including his most well-known title The Very Hungry Caterpillar. With his late wife, Barbara, Eric Carle co-founded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Massachusetts in 2002.
Eric Carle divides his time between the Florida Keys and the hills of North Carolina.

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0141368098
• ISBN 13: 9780141368092
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 40