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A lively and up-beat collection of nonsense verse for the whole family - including classic verse from nonsense greats such as Lear, Carroll, Belloc and Nash, together with the very best of contemporary writing. IIlustrated throughout by the wonderfully distinctive artwork of Quentin Blake, the editor.
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Dancing flamingos, poodle strudel, Glurpy Slurpy Skakagralls: The Puffin Book of Nonsense Verse has them all. Galumph with Lewis Carroll and his "Jabberwocky." Meet James Whitcomb Riley's lugubrious whing-whang and A.B. Paterson's football hurling emus. Learn to plant a mailbox, why yaks should be commended and the fate of Auntie Flo (who became a crow). And while you're at it, don't forget to chortle at Blake's fabulous (or as Lewis Carroll would say, frabjous) drawings: a Greenland whale lounging in her nightie, Mother Hubbard's pipe-smoking, flute-playing, goat-riding dog, along with dozens more.
Like this excerpt from Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach:
We may see the venemous Pink-Spotted ScrunchBlake has searched high and low to bring us some of the best nonsense verse in the English language. Along with time-tested favourites by Edward Lear, Ogden Nash, A.E. Housman and Spike Milligan, he includes the lesser known (but no less brilliant) Roger McGough and Jack Prelutsky. Also making rare and welcome appearances are John Updike and John Ciardi, two writers so well known for their serious writing that their extraordinarily silly poems are often (regrettably) overlooked. --Martha Silano
Who can chew up a man with one bite.
It likes to eat five of them roasted for lunch
And eighteen for supper at night.
But who cares! Let us go from the horrible hill!
Let us roll! Let us bowl! Let us plunge!
About the Author
Quentin Blake was born in London and produced his first illustrations for children in 1960. He has illustrated over 100 books for children and adults and, although he had little formal training, has risen to be a Professor at the Royal College of Art. He is one of the UK's best-loved illustrators and is perhaps best known for his collaborations with Roald Dahl. Quentin Blake won the Greenaway Medal in 1980 for MR MAGNOLIA and was awarded an OBE in 1988. He lives in south west London.
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- PublisherPuffin
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0670852287
- ISBN 13 9780670852284
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages288
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