Tag: Edward Lear
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I’m Just No Good at Rhyming
I’m Just No Good at Rhyming: And Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups What is it I’m Just No Good at Rhyming is a book in the same vein as Shel Silverstein and Edward Lear, with clever wordplay and nonsense verses that often have profound thoughts buried in silly verse. Who is it…
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His Shoes Were Far Too Tight
[amazon_link asins=’0811867927′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’matchstickkidboo’ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’c0441397-39b9-11e8-a61c-73c330317c8c’] This book is a collection of absurd poems by Edward Lear, selected from his two books of nonsense literature, “A Book of Nonsense” (1846) and “Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets” (1871). The most famous of Lear’s poems is “The Owl and the Pussycat”. Many readers who don’t know…