nonsense verses

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I know an old lady who swallowed a dreidel

Find out what Bubbe swallows (besides the dreidel) in this Chanukah version of the classic folk song, illustrated with parodies of great works of art. Includes artist's note naming the original artworks.

Who's been sleeping in my porridge?

a book of silly poems and pictures
1990
A collection of comical poems on such subjects as school, bullies, aliens, dinosaurs, and monsters.

And to think that I saw it on Mulberry Street

A young boy thinks about how he will tell his father what he saw on his way home from school.

One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish

2001
A story-poem about the activities of such unusual animals as the Nook, Wump, Yink, Yop, Gack, and the Zeds.

The complete nonsense book of Edward Lear

1951
A complete collection of Edward Lear's limericks, wacky verses, and nonsense alphabets.

Un d?ia una se?nora se trag?o una mosca!

2015
The accidental ingestion of a fly leads an old lady to swallow larger and larger animals, ending with a horse that causes her ultimate demise.

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly

2006
Presents the traditional song with illustrations on die-cut pages revealing all the old lady swallowed, and includes an audio CD.

The walloping window-blind

1992
An illustrated version of the nonsense poem about an extraordinary ship & the follies & misadventures of her madcap crew.

There was a tall Texan who swallowed a flea

2013
In this variation on the traditional cumulative rhyme, a toad, a snake, and a mockingbird are part of the feast for a rather unusual Texan.

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly

2014
The accidental ingestion of a fly leads an old lady to swallow larger and larger animals, ending with a horse that causes her ultimate demise.

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