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The Puffin Book of Nonsense Verse
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The Puffin Book of Nonsense Verse Paperback - 2001

by Blake, Quentin

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Details

  • Title The Puffin Book of Nonsense Verse
  • Author Blake, Quentin
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Paperback
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, London
  • Date February 2001
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 6701754-6
  • ISBN 9780140366600 / 0140366601
  • Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.8 x 5.04 x 0.6 in (19.81 x 12.80 x 1.52 cm)
  • Ages 09 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 4 - 7
  • Dewey Decimal Code 821.914

Summary

Ever eaten Poodle Strudel? Slain a Jabberwock? Bathed in Irish Stew? Quentin Blake is one of the best loved of children's illustrators. In this brilliant book he has selected and illustrated his favourite comic verse, making it pure entertainment for nonsense-lovers of all ages. His unique style of drawing brings a new perspective to every poem. Classic writers such as Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear are combined with more contemporary talents such as Roger McGough, Margaret Mahy and Russell Hoban. With fifteen wonderfully absurd sections, including Distracting Creatures, Sticky Ends, I Wish I Were a Jelly Fish, A Recipe for Indigestion and Chortling and Galumphing, here is a delightful collection of the topsy-turvy, the fantastical, the anarchic, the illogical and the utterly wonderful.

About the author

Quentin Blake is one of Britain's most successful illustrators. He has illustrated nearly three hundred books and he was Roald Dahl's favourite illustrator. He has won many awards including the Whitbread Award and the Kate Greenaway Medal and taught for over twenty years at the Royal College of Art. In 1999 he became the first ever Children's Laureate and in 2013 he was knighted in the New Year's Honours.

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