nonsense verses

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nonsense verses

Nonsense! he yelled

2002
Twenty-five unusual boys and one girl describe themselves in short verses.

The gillygoofang

1973
The gillygoofang, a fish which swims backward to keep the water out of its eyes, is a very bewildering character, even to itself.

Hop on Pop

1992
Pairs of rhyming words are introduced and used in simple sentences, such as "Day. Play. We play all day. Night. Fight. We fight all night." Presented in English and Chinese.

The complete non-sense book

1994
Presents all of the nonsense poems, limericks, alphabets, and drawings of English author-painter Edward Lear.

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly

1998
Presents the traditional song with illustrations on die-cut pages that reveal all that the old lady swallows.

A boy named Mary Jane, and other silly verse

1977
Twenty-four humorous poems include "Piggy," "Sneaky Bill," "After the Elephant Sneezed," and "Lies, All Lies.".

Stuff & nonsense

1977
A collection of more than 60 nonsense verses written by Australian authors.

Blackberry ink

poems
1994
A collection of humorous and nonsense verses on various themes.

If I ran the circus

1984
A boy imagines he owns a circus with fantastic incredible animals who perform unperformable tricks.

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