The Mammoth Book of Limericks

Author: Glyn Rees
Publisher: Running Press
ISBN: 9780762433957
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This is the best-ever collection of those catchy Irish rhymes – from squeaky-clean to the moderately filthy. With over 2,000 silly, political, modern, classic, and more to choose from, there is bound to be a limerick to get you giggling. This giant collection includes Irish classics called out in corner pubs for decades as well as many new verses specifically created to be read here. Creators include Spike Milligan, Mark Twain, Michael Palin, Lewis Carroll, Isaac Asimov, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling, W.H. Auden, and many, many more.

A Book of Limericks

Author: Edward Lear
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
A Book of Limericks by Edward Lear, first published in 1888, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.

Limericks

Author: Yvonne Pearson
Publisher: Poetry Party
ISBN: 9781631436963
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"Presents an overview of limericks, including the form's history, elements, and traits and how poets use limericks to express ideas."--Publisher's website.

A Book of Nonsense

Author: Edward Lear
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's poetry, English
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
A collection of over 100 limericks with the author's original illustrations.

Limericks for Kids: Short Limerick Poems for Children Age 7 & Up

Author: Birchall Publishing
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781796917871
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52

Book Description
Limericks for Kids is a collection of funny limerick poems created especially for children age 7 and up! Included you'll find: An introduction about limericks A short biography of Edward Lear, the 19th century poet most recognized for the funny limerick poems that he simply called "nonsense" Limerick examples by Edward Lear with his original illustrations Limericks by poets well-known and unknown An image provided for every limerick for comprehension building Some people like to read limericks right around St. Patrick's Day, but these short, funny poems are just as much fun in August as they are in March! Limerick Example from Limericks for Kids Beauty For beauty I am not a star, There are others more handsome by far, But my face---I don't mind it; For I am behind it; It's the people in front that I jar. -Richard Burton

The New Limerick

Author: Gershon Legman
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 784

Book Description

A Little Book of Limericks

Author: Hugh Morrison
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781511524124
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46

Book Description
There was a young lady named Perkins, Who had a great fondness for gherkins; At afternoon tea She ate twenty-three Which pickled her internal workins! This book contains over 200 funny, non-rude limerick poems old and new, suitable for children as well as adults. Laugh at the antics of the woman from Chippenham, Wilts, who walked up to Scotland on stilts, the old lady of Rye, who was baked by mistake in a pie, the young man called McLeod, who played the trombone far too loud - and many many more.

The Mammoth Book of Filthy Limericks

Author: Glyn Rees
Publisher: Running Press
ISBN: 9780762437306
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This hilariously inappropriate collection of rhymes is sure to provide ammunition to use at the office or even at a party among friends. You'll never have to repeat a line from this collection of more than 2,000 dirty verses. Perfect for St. Patty's Day or any time year-round!

Something Sure Smells Around Here

Author: Brian P. Cleary
Publisher: Millbrook Press ™
ISBN: 1467777722
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
What do you get when you combine a poem and a joke? A limerick! These five-line rhyming poems are funny, silly, and sly. Award-winning author Brian P. Cleary explains how limericks work—and shows how these little poems can trigger big laughs. Something Sure Smells Around Here is packed with hilarious poems to make you chuckle and chortle. And when you've finished reading, you can try your hand at writing your own limericks!

Once, I Laughed My Socks Off - Poems for Kids

Author: Steven Attewell
Publisher: Steven Attewell
ISBN: 1475030452
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 27

Book Description
A collection of fun and imaginative of poems for fun and imaginative kids (and those adults that still behave like kids). Learn why you should tidy up after yourself, why midnight snacking is not such a good idea, and what to do if you laugh so hard that your socks come off!This delightful book of children's poems contains a host of interesting stories and characters for your kids to enjoy. Each story more fun that the last.Amongst the stories you'll find Melvin the midnight-snacking, sneaking teddy bear who can't wait to get his hands on the rest of the jam. Two collared doves, Ebb and Flo, who narrowly escape a run-in with the cat and fall in love. My socks (which won't stop dancing around). And Desmond, your friendly, but slightly present-obsessed Christmas fairy.This book is suitable for 4 to 50 year-olds.