"An elementary exploration of word play and attitude in poetry, introducing puns, stanzas, and limericks as well as poets such as Edward Lear. Includes a writing exercise"--Provided by publisher.
When the mystic seer of Hoboken and the employees of the Magic Moscow summon the ghost of a famous person, they get a punster with a collection of 1500-year-old jokes.
Provides definitions for twenty-six vocabulary words from "aggrandizement" to "zany" with stories containing puns that provide mnemonic devices for remembering the definitions.