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A Book of Nonsense by Edward Lear
Category: Classics
From the benighted 'Old man with a Beard' to the erudite 'Perpendicular Purple Polly', Edward Lear's world is inhabited by a bewildering variety of oddities. Pelicans and parrots, seals and rhinoceroses and other queer creatures cavorted gaily with Dongs and Pobbles, not to mention the Quangle-Wangles. ...Show more
A Book of Nonsense by Edward Lear
Category: Gift
There was an old person of Ischia, whose conduct grew friskier and friskier;He danced hornpipes and jigs, and ate thousands of figs, That lively old person of Ischia.Edward Lear's A Book of Nonsense, originally published in 1845, is an exuberant collection of nonsense limericks, illustrated throughout w ...Show more
A Book of Nonsense (Alma Quirky Classics) by Edward Lear
Category: Gift | Series: Quirky Classics Ser.
"There was an Old Derry down Derry, Who loved to see little folks merry;So he made them a Book, And with laughter they shookAt the fun of that Derry down Derry." First published in 1846 under the pseudonym "Old Derry down Derry," A Book of Nonsense is a collection adapted from the limericks and illu ...Show more
Classic Poems for Boys by G. K. Chesterton; Edward Lear; Robert Louis Stevenson; Anton Lesser (Read by); Roy McMillan (Read by); Benjamim Soames (Read by)
Category: Audio | Series: Naxos Junior Classics Ser.
This text comprises a delightfully varied set of over 20 poems for 5-10-year olds. From rousing favourites like Felicia Dorothea Hemans's 'Casabianca' and John Keats's 'A Song About Myself', to dreamy, thoughtful poems by Robert Louis Stevenson and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, this is a collection to be ...Show more
Complete Nonsense (Wordsworth Children's Classics) by Edward Lear
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Wordsworth Children's Classics
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat, Calico Pie and The Pobble Who Has No Toes, together with Edward Lear's crazy limericks, have entertained adults and children alike for over 100 years. This edition, illustrated by the author, contains all the verse and stories of the Book of Nonsense, More Nonsense, Nonsense S ...Show more
Complete Nonsense and Other Verse by Edward Lear
Category: Fiction
'Nonsense is the breath of my nostrils', wrote Edward Lear (1812-88), and this collection demonstrates the wonderfully varied ways in which he pursued his philosophy of life. He created an extraordinary world filled with bizarre creatures - from the Dong with a luminous nose to the Pobble who has no toe ...Show more
Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Jackson, Holbrook, Lear, Edward, Jackson, Holbrook, Lear
Category: Children's Books | Series: Dover Humor Ser.
Here is every line of every nonsense book written by Edward Lear. In a single volume you get "A Book of Nonsense," "Nonsense Songs," "More Nonsense Songs," "Laughable Lyrics," and "Nonsense Songs and Stories. No other low-price edition offers this complete collection.You will meet such old favorites as ...Show more
Crown Classics: Edward Lear Selected Poems by Edward Lear
Category: Gift | Series: Crown Classics Ser.
A collection of classic poems that provide an accessible introduction to the poetry of Edward Lear. Printed in a high quality, cloth edition each volume in the Crane Classics makes an attractive gift.
Edward Lear's Book of Nonsense and Other Verse by Edward Lear
Category: Picture Books | Series: Illustrated Originals
Edward Lear's timeless collection of limericks, jokes and rhymes are bound to delight young children.
Edward Lear's Nonsense Verse by Edward Lear
Category: Children's Books
A delightful picture book for young children, bringing new life to five of Edward Lears best-loved nonsense verses. Zany characters leap across the pages in a colourful fantasy world where nothing is what it seems and anything is possible. It is the ideal way to introduce young children to the work of E ...Show more
Nonsense Books. by: Edward Lear, with All the Original Illustrations - (Children's Classics) by Edward Lear
Category: Classics
Edward Lear (12 or 13 May 1812 - 29 January 1888) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, and is known now mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he popularised. His principal areas of work as an artist were threefold: as a draugh ...Show more