nonsense verses

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

A cautionary tale, written in nonsense verse similar in style to Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky," in which a brave mouse named Jam breaks the rules and goes on a moonlit adventure.

In this variation on the traditional cumulative rhyme, a monster swallows ants, a lizard, a bat, and other creatures to try to cure a stomach ache than began when he swallowed a tick.

Collection of silly stories by James Marshall, Dav Pilkey, Cynthia Rylant, and others.

Presents fourteen nonsense rhymes with colorful cut-paper illustrations, featuring such characters as Mr. Mean, Lovely Lucy Lemonhead, and best friends Goldie Fish and Wiley Croc.

An illustrated collection of limericks by the well-known nineteenth-century English writer.

A boy imagines a series of incredible sights on his way home from school so that he will have an interesting report to give his father.

Twelve poems about snopps, grobbles, flonsters, and other fantastic creatures.

Presents four humorous verse fantasies: "The Sneetches," "The Zax," "The Many Daves," and "What was I scared of?".

A young traveler bound for Solla Sollew runs into many difficulties on the way.