18 books like A book of nonsense
Making friends with Frankenstein
Presents a collection of silly, scary, and disgusting poems about monsters and other unusual creatures.
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The Hunting of the Snark
A nonsense poem recounting the adventures of the Bellman and his crew and their challenges hunting a Snark.
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Giggle Fit
An illustrated introduction to riddles, such as "Who taught King Tut to brush his teeth? His mummy," and "How does a bear test its bath water? With its bear feet."
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Peacock pie, a book of rhymes
Peacock Pie presents an extensive selection of de la Mare's best poetry, in thematically themes sections such as are "Up and Down," "Boys and Girls," "Three Queer Tales," "Places and People," "Beasts," "Witches and Fairies," "Earth and Air," and "Songs."
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Jabberwocky
The illustrations set the classic nonsense poem taken from "Through the Looking Glass" in medieval times.
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Owl and the pussy-cat
After a courtship voyage of a year and a day, Owl and Pussy finally buy a ring from Piggy and are blissfully married.
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Down-adown-derry
Reprint of the 1922 ed. published by Holt, New York.
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Poems by Thomas Hood
This book is a collection of poems by Thomas Hood. Includes To Hope, The Departure of Summer, The Sea of Death, To an Absentee and more.
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Hilarious jokes for Minecrafters
"Hilarious Jokes for Minecrafters is the second book in the Jokes for Minecrafters series, which boasts more than eight hundred jokes. The jokes inside poke fun at everything Minecraft from ghasts to Endermen. All of your favorite parts of the Minecraft game are included in the book, and the jokes will make you giggle like you've never giggled before!"--
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Poetical works of Robert Bridges
Each section preceded by a bibliographical note. Second edition. Prometheus the firegiver, a mask in the Greek manner.--Demeter, a mask.--Eros and psyche.--The growth of love.--Shorter poems, --New poems, --Later poems.--Poems in classical prosody.--October, and other poems.--New verse.--Two pieces written after the war.--Index of titles and first lines.
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Don Juan
Byron's exuberant masterpiece tells of the adventures of Don Juan, beginning with his illicit love affair at the age of sixteen in his native Spain and his subsequent exile to Italy. Following a dramatic shipwreck, his exploits take him to Greece, where he is sold as a slave, and to Russia, where he becomes a favourite of the Empress Catherine who sends him on to England. Written entirely in…
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Poems
This is a poem book. Aurelius prudentius clemens, the greatest of the Latin Christian poets, was born in the year 348 during the consulship of Salia and Philip. The place of his birth is not known with certainty. Three cities of Hither Spain are designated by him as his own: Tarragona, Saragossa, and Calahorra. Partisans of each have claimed him as a native son with convincing arguments. In the…
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The man from Snowy River
In the ballads and poetry of Banjo Paterson are captured the spirit of the Australian Outback, and the essences of the bushmen and women who pioneered it. The vast distances, the droughts, the floods, the flies, the heat ... and the harsh and beautiful places of Outback Australia were brought to the city people of the late 1880's through the writings of Andrew Barton Paterson.A true folk poet, a…
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Elegy written in a country churchyard
The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century’s most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of…
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Hop on Pop
LibraryThing: Pairs of rhyming words are introduced and used in simple sentences, such as "Day. Play. We play all day. Night. Fight. We fight all night."
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Revolting rhymes
Presents humorous retellings of six well-known fairy tales featuring surprise endings in place of the traditional happily-ever-after.
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Departmental ditties and other verses
Departmental Ditties and other verses, Rudyard Kipling. TEI XML version of http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/k/kipling/rudyard/ditties/ .
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Poems
Poems: by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq., William Cowper. Poems: by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq. Cowper, William, 1731-1800. [4],367,[1]p. ; 8⁰. London : printed for J. Johnson, 1782. Sigs. E6, I6 are cancels: p.60, l.3 ends "for ev'ry town" rather than "to minute down". John Newton's preface printed to accompany this edition was suppressed on publication. Subsequent…
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