nonsense verses

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nonsense verses

The pelican chorus

and other nonsense
2004
A collection of nonsense rhymes, including The Owl and the Pussycat, The New Vestments, and The Pelican Chorus.

The owl and the pussy cat

1996
After a courtship voyage of a year and a day, Owl and Pussy finally buy a ring from Piggy and are blissfully married.

Squeeze a sneeze

1987
Suggests putting words together into funny rhymes such as "Bake a cake for your favorite snake.".

Talkaty talker

limericks
1994
A collection of eleven limericks featuring brightly colored animals of all shapes and sizes.

Owls and pussycats

nonsense verse
1993
An illustrated collection of nonsense verse by Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear.

A twister of twists, a tangler of tongues

1972
A collection of tongue twisters, both traditional and new, in prose and verse.

One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish

2006
A story-poem for beginning readers about the activities of such unusual creatures as the Nook, Wump, Yink, Yop, Gack, and the Zeds. Presented in English and Chinese.

Horton hatches the egg

2006
Horton the elephant is persuaded to sit on an egg when Maysie decides she needs a break.

Fox in socks

2006
A collection of easy-to-read tongue twisters. Presented in English and Chinese.

Knock-knocks, limericks, and other silly sayings

1983
A collection of knock-knock jokes, sayings, and rhymes such as: "Latin is a dead tongue, dead as it can be. First it killed the Romans, now it's killing me.".

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