nonsense verses

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nonsense verses

One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish

1988
A story-poem for beginning readers about the activities of such unusual creatures as the Nook, Wump, Yink, Yop, Gack, and the Zeds.

Fox in socks

1993
A collection of easy-to-read tongue twisters.

Alice in Wonderland

2009
A shortened, simplified version of the tale in which a little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters.

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly

1987
A cumulative folk song in which the solution proves worse than the predicament when an old lady swallows a fly. Features lift-the-flap illustrations.

Ghastlies, goops & pincushions

nonsense verse
1989
A collection of nonsense poems describing a variety of unlikely characters and situations.

Edward Lear's The duck & the kangaroo

2009
Colorful illustrations and rhyming text tell how an adventurous duck befriends a kangaroo.

An Edward Lear alphabet

1999
Pictures and nonsense verses introduce the letters of the alphabet.

Horton hears a Who!

1982
Horton the elephant goes to great trouble to protect some very small creatures who make their home on a speck of dust.

I know an old lady who swallowed a fly

1990
A cumulative folk song in which the solution proves worse than the predicament when an old lady swallows a fly.

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