Writer and illustrator Quentin Blake gathers 127 poems from a host of famous writers that include Lewis Carroll, Edward Gorey, John Updike, Ogden Nash, Shel Silverstein, Roald Dahl, and others. Blake's wacky illustrations draw out the fun, absurdity, and glorious illogic of the verse, creating a delightful book for readers from nine to ninety. Line drawings throughout.
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Quentin Blake is one of Britain's most renowned illustrators. Born in the suburbs of London in 1932, he read English at Cambridge before becoming a full-time freelance illustrator. He began his career working for magazines such as The Spectator and Punch. For many years he taught at the Royal College of Art, where he was head of the Illustration Department from 1978 to 1986. He became the very first Children's Laureate in 1999 and was made a CBE in 2005.
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Bringing back my childhood,
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This review is from: Nonsense Verse, The Penguin Book of (Penguin Poetry) (Paperback)
Simply love the old rhymes I listened to as a child on Play School like the Ning Nang Nong. I purchased this book so I could read it to the kids I help at school and so my own kids could read it. Nonsense verse will assist the school kids to make up their own Fractured Fairy Tales in writing lessons.
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Here you may see what's very rare, The world turn'd upside down: A tree and castle in the air. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lonesome ribs, flies crawled Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Little Birds, Simple Simon, The Wendigo New!
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Here you may see what's very rare, The world turn'd upside down: A tree and castle in the air. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lonesome ribs, flies crawled Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Little Birds, Simple Simon, The Wendigo New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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This book cites 5
books:
- Old Mother Hubbard (Hand Puppet Books) by Oyster Books in Back Matter
- The Adventures of Isabel by Ogden Nash in Back Matter
- It's Christmas (Mulberry Read-Alones) by Jack Prelutsky on page 30
- Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits by Bertrand Russell in Back Matter
- The Utter Zoo Alphabet: A Book of Postcards by Edward. GOREY in Back Matter
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