The Everyman Book of Nonsense Verse

by Louise Guinness

For ages 3-6 years

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Okay, we admit it: we think this elegant volume makes a wonderful gift, but we mean that is really a gift for parents. But preschoolers themselves will love it too, and sharing it with their particularly lucky parent will forge such a bond! This is a witty and wacky (and occasionally slightly wicked) collection of nonsense poems, including such masters of the genre as Edward Gorey, Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear. Not every poem is suitable for this age group, but many are, and the ones that aren't aren't only because they are confusingly odd or inexplicably dark. If you choose wisely among the many offerings, however, your little one will soon figure out that this is Daddy's (perhaps Mommy's? or Grandpa's?) favorite book for bedtime stories, and that just might make it his dearest choice too. He won't get "Jabberwocky" but neither may we - that's the whole point. But he'll certainly get Gelett Burgess's "Purple Cow" ("I never saw a Purple Cow, / I never hope to see one, / But I can tell you, anyhow, / I'd rather see than be one!" - and that's the whole point, too.

$15.95

Review provided by The Savvy Source.