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A Book of Nonsense by Edward Lear
$32.00 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
From the benighted 'Old man with a Beard' to the erudite 'Perpendicular Purple Polly', Edward Lear's world is inhabited by a bewildering variety of oddities. Pelicans and parrots, seals and rhinoceroses and other queer creatures cavorted gaily with Dongs and Pobbles, not to mention the Quangle-Wangles. ...Show more
A Book of Nonsense by Edward Lear
$0.00 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Everyman's Library Children's Classics Ser.
Edward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, author, and poet, renowned for his literary nonsense, in poetry and prose, and especially his limericks, a form that he popularized. Lear's nonsense works are distinguished by a facility of verbal invention and a poet's delight in the sounds of words, both ...Show more
Complete Nonsense (Wordsworth Children's Classics) by Edward Lear
$7.99 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Children's Classics | Reading Level: very good
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat, Calico Pie and The Pobble Who Has No Toes, together with Edward Lear's crazy limericks, have entertained adults and children alike for over 100 years. This edition, illustrated by the author, contains all the verse and stories of the Book of Nonsense, More Nonsense, Nonsense S ...Show more
Complete Nonsense and Other Verse by Edward Lear
$28.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
'Nonsense is the breath of my nostrils', wrote Edward Lear (1812-88), and this collection demonstrates the wonderfully varied ways in which he pursued his philosophy of life. He created an extraordinary world filled with bizarre creatures - from the Dong with a luminous nose to the Pobble who has no toe ...Show more
Edward Lear's Alphabet of Nonsense by Edward Lear
$33.95 NZD
Category: Poetry
Edward Lear, born in 1812, was a British artist, illustrator, author, and poet, renowned today primarily for his literary nonsense, in poetry and prose, and especially his limericks, a form that he popularised. Lear produced the illustrated poetry collection Book of Nonsense (1846) for the Earl of Derby ...Show more
Edward Lear's Book of Nonsense and Other Verse by Edward Lear
$34.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Illustrated Originals
Edward Lear's timeless collection of limericks, jokes and rhymes are bound to delight young children.
Edward Lear's Nonsense Birds by Edward Lear
$49.95 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
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. T ...Show more
Edward Lear's Nonsense Verse by Edward Lear
$19.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
A delightful picture book for young children, bringing new life to five of Edward Lears best-loved nonsense verses. Zany characters leap across the pages in a colourful fantasy world where nothing is what it seems and anything is possible. It is the ideal way to introduce young children to the work of E ...Show more
Jumblies by Lear, Edward
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
This picture book brings to life the classic Edward Lear verse about the adventurous and colourful Jumblies who go to sea in a sieve. The vibrant tale, full of fantasy and humour, is accompanied by Ian Beck's exquisite, magical and atmospheric illustrations. For ages 3+.
Nonsense! by Edward Lear
$27.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
A selection of nonsense verses, each beginning with the phrase "There was an old..." or "There was a young...," with photographic illustrations.
Nonsense Botany and Nonsense Alphabets by Edward Lear
$50.00 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
Edward Lear's poetry and prose celebrates the joy of living, and has influenced writers and illustrators from Terry Gilliam to Spike Milligan and Ricky Gervais.Although the subject and form of his works varies greatly, all of Lear's poems can be characterized by his irreverent view of the world, and man ...Show more
Nonsense Limericks by Edward Lear
$24.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Faber Children's Classics Ser.
There was an old man on the Border, Who lived in the utmost disorder; He danced with the cat, and made tea in his hat, Which vexed all the folks on the Border. Enjoy Edward Lear's hilarious, bizarre and delightfully bonkers limericks - published on their own for the first time. As found in the collected ...Show more