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Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The second original book to be published since Silverstein's passing in 1999, this poetry collection includes more than one hundred and thirty never-before-seen poems and drawings completed by the cherished American artist and selected by his family from his archives.
Author
Language
English
Description
A boy who turns into a TV set and a girl who eats a whale are only two of the characters in a collection of humorous poetry illustrated with the author's own drawings. Come in - for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's world begins. The Unicorn and the Bloath live there, and so does Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take the garbage out. It is a place where you wash your shadow and plant diamond gardens, a place where shoes fly, sisters...
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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1949.
Language
English
Description
"Who would be so rashery To rhyme on ogdonnashery, (Which is a climate Most sublimate For verses awfully dashery)? On themes quite indefatigable His latest book's compatible -- No stone unturned -- No turn unstoned -- On questions burned On facts unknowned. You'll turn this Nash Right into cash."--Kirkus Reviews.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1945.
Language
English
Description
"Nash did not often discuss his comic patterns, but did once explain his formula for the telling use of cliché:?The trick is that it must be somebody else?s cliché and not the author?s own.? Typical is the treatment that Nash gives to the overworked advice,?Hate the sin but love the sinner,? in?Nevertheless,? from Many Long Years Ago."--Poetry Foundation website.
"Mr. Nash has chosen from his five earlier collections of verse those that he wanted...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twenty-eight rollicking rhymes from the undisputed master of hilarious verse for children, Jack Prelutsky, are found in this uproarious poetry collection.
In this collection there are tongue-twisting (but real) places to visit, such as Tuscaloosa and Winnemucca. There are remarkable sights, such as an elephant perched in a sycamore tree. And there are unforgettable characters, including Granny Gooding, Sarah Small, and Barnaby
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