{"product_id":"9780486310619","title":"Nonsense Poems","description":"There was an Old Man in a tree,\u003cbr\u003eWho was horribly bored by a Bee; \u003cbr\u003eWhen they said, \"Does it buzz?\" He replied, \"Yes, it does!\u003cbr\u003eIt’s a regular brute of a Bee.\"\u003cbr\u003eGenerations of children and adults have delighted in the whimsical poems of Edward Lear (1812-88). And, despite his achievements as a noted English landscape painter and illustrator of animal life, Lear today is best known for his delightful volumes of nonsense verse. This work spanned several decades — from the first charming lines he wrote in the 1830s for the children of the Earl of Derby to his last collection of poems, published in 1877.\u003cbr\u003eThis volume contains a rich sampling of Lear’s inspired nonsense, including more than 90 delightful limericks as well as a choice selection of longer poems along with the amusing illustrations he drew for each. Among these are such classics as \"The Owl and the Pussy-cat,\" and \"The Jumblies\" as well as a number of lesser-known but equally charming selections: \"Calico Pie,\" \"The Duck and the Kangaroo,\" \"Incidents in the Life of My Uncle Arly,\" \"The Daddy Long-legs and the Fly,\" \"The Broom, the Shovel, The Poker, and the Tongs,\" \"Mr. and Mrs. Spikky Spider\" and \"The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bó.\"","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072924106992,"sku":"9780486310619","price":4.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780486310619_p0.jpg?v=1763708623","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780486310619","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}