Author: Edward LearPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's poetry, English
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
A collection of over 100 limericks with the author's original illustrations.
A Book of Nonsense
Author: Edward LearPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's poetry, English
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
A collection of over 100 limericks with the author's original illustrations.
His Shoes Were Far Too Tight
Author: Edward LearPublisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452126690
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Renowned author Daniel Pinkwater and best-selling poet and artist Calef Brown team up to champion the ridiculous! These endlessly fascinating and imaginative poems are as fresh and delightful today as they were when Edward Lear wrote them more than a hundred years ago—from "The Owl and the Pussycat" to "The Pobble Who Has No Toes." This charming book proves that, sometimes, there's nothing children need more than a healthy dose of nonsense!
Book of Nonsense
Author: Edward LearPublisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1447481445
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Edward Lear's much celebrated book of nonsense is here reproduced with all the original pictures and verse and two autobiographical letters by the author. Children and adults alike will delight in the Limerick's that here abound. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Edward Lear's Nonsense
Author: Edward LearThe Nonsense Limericks of Edward Lear
Author: Birchall PublishingPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781985584242
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Edward Lear was the nineteenth century poet and artist most associated with the poetry form known as limericks. These vocabulary stretching limericks include Edward Lear's original hand drawn line illustrations. This collection of limericks for kids is ideal for ages 8 and up.
Nonsense Books
Author: Edward LearPublisher: BoD - Books on Demand
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
Edward Lear began his career as an ornithological illustrator, becoming one of the first major artists to draw birds from living models. During this period he was employed to paint the birds from the private menagerie owned by Edward Stanley, the 13th Earl of Derby and one of Lear’s closest friends. In 1837, Lear’s health started to decline. His deteriorating eyesight and failing lungs forced him to abandon the detailed painting required for depicting birds, and, with the help of the earl, he moved to Rome where he established himself as a poet of literary nonsense. While Lear was visiting the Earl of Derby, he wrote poems and drew silly sketches to entertain the earl’s children. In 1846, he collected together his pile of limericks and illustrations and published his first poetical book, titled A Book of Nonsense and dedicated to the Earl of Derby and his children. He decided to publish under the pseudonym Derry down Derry, but after he started making plans for more books, he republished under his real name. His next book, Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany, and Alphabets wasn’t published until 24 years later, in 1870. Lear then released More Nonsense, which contains more limericks, in 1872, and Laughable Lyrics in 1877. This final book in the series contains many of Lear’s most famous fantastical creatures, such as the Quangle Wangle. The influence of Lear’s poetry in the twentieth-century can be seen in styles like the surrealism movement and the theater of the absurd.
The Owl and the Pussycat
Author: Edward LearPublisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1553378288
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Edward Lear's beloved poem has charmed readers since it was first published in 1871. 4+ yrs.
There Was an Old Man....
Author: Edward LearPublisher:
ISBN: 9781550742138
Category : Limericks
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
An illustrated collection of limericks by the well-known nineteenth-century English writer.
More Nonsense
Author: Edward LearPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's poetry, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Edward Lear's Nonsense Birds
Author: Edward LearPublisher:
ISBN: 9781851242610
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Edward Lear loved birds. Of all the animals that sprang from his quirky imagination, birds held a special place, serving as the animal of choice for his zoomorphosis in self-portraiture. Not only did he draw more birds than any other animal, but he endowed them with particularly human characteristics. This book brings together a collection of Lear's nonsense birds, such as 'The Obsequious Ornamental Ostrich, who wore Boots to keep his feet quite dry', as well as the twenty birds he hand-coloured such as 'The Runcible Bird' and 'The Stripy Bird'. Each of these is endowed with unique character while collectively they form a gloriously humorous flock. Beautifully presented, this is a perfect gift for children of all ages as well as for lovers of birds.