Candy is Dandy: The Best of Ogden Nash (Paperback)

by Ogden Nash (Author), Linell Smith (Editor), Isabel Eberstadt (Editor), Anthony Burgess (Foreword)

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Product Description
A bumper volume of the best poems by a hugely funny and quotable writer.

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Carlton Books Ltd (September 29, 1994)
• ISBN-10: 0233988920
• ISBN-13: 978-0233988924
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #84,031 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why is this man so uncelebrated?, March 12, 2005

By	S. Hebbron "S B H." (Leicester UK) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Nash's work is too often regarded as light and meaningless; admittedly some of the work is very much "of it's time" now, but it is largely rich, diverse, insightful and wonderfully clever.
The rhymes are complex and intriguing and form great volumes of biting social comment. They are deliciously constructed and achingly funny at times.
Yet he seems to be an almost forgotten "Children's" poet, even if this were the case, are not some writers for Children so good as to far exceed the virtues of those who write for adults?
Rhold Dahl, J K Rowlins, Lewis Carrol and E Nesbitt spring to mind, Nash needs also to be on that hallowed list.
He really should be regarded as an American National treasure!

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Poems Peppered with Puns, August 9, 2005

By	Sanyuja "Sanyuja" (Bangalore, India) - See all my reviews

Being poem-illiterate, this book came by as a pleasant surprise to me.
This book is a collection of light, humurous poems. Most of the poems are about children, but there are poems on other subjects too, like marriage. Children rule the roost though.

Its the kind of book when you glance through your book rack, spot this book, pick it up to read just one poem, but can't put it down until you have re-read all the poems. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to sit back and enjoy a humurous poem peppered with puns. And if you dislike children, this book is written for you.

Its a book that you got to have on your shelf.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Funny, touching and very enjoyable, October 3, 2004

By	Rupali Shanker "Rupali" (Mumbai, India) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I usually dont read poetry. This book was an impulsive buy. It has become one of my most treasured possessions. Given that most bookshops relegate poetry to a dusty out of the way shelf, finding more titles by the poet in India was impossible.

The book is full of funny limmericks, touching poetery and serious emotions expressed in teh most beautiful way.

Buy it and treasure it foreever. I haven't bought any of the other books.... too expensive and they dont ship to India