Online Shop
|
The Puffin Book of Nonsense Verse (Puffin Poetry)Snagging.org In association with Amazon.co.ukOnline Shop | Property Guides | Kitchen & Home | Garden Tools | Power Tools | Consumer Electronics Get the Snagging Checklist Here!  List Price: £6.99 Amazon.co.uk's Price: £5.24 You Save: £1.75 (25%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping.
Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 821.91408 EAN: 9780140366600 Edition: New Ed Format: Illustrated ISBN: 0140366601 Label: Puffin Manufacturer: Puffin Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: October 03, 1996 Publisher: Puffin Studio: Puffin Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: 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 Average Rating:
 Rating: - Great fun for kidsHaving a good selection of poetry for children these days is an essential part of teaching and parenting. With the emphasis on reading this book is a good way to get reluctant readers to appreciate the humour that words can conjure up. This is a very good selection of poems from a variety of writers that both tickle the funny bone and raise smiles. I would recommend this book for any one wanting to interest a child into reading or just wanting a change from novels.  Try searching the Internet for "The Puffin Book of Nonsense Verse (Puffin Poetry)" or Ebay for "The Puffin Book of Nonsense Verse (Puffin Poetry)". You might also be interested in the following great products:
|