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1	Commotion in the Ocean more books like this by Giles Andreae, David Wojtowycz (Illustrator) add to wishlist Dive into the ocean for a noisy rhyming romp packed with favourite sea creatures brought to life with fun, vibrant artwork. This bestselling picture book from an award-winning creative team is a delight to read aloud and share with young children. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.29! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes more books like this by Roald Dahl add to wishlist Six popular fairy tales are retold irreverently in rhyme by master storyteller Dahl. In "Cinderella," the prince isn't as charming as everyone thinks, and Cinderella marries someone else. In "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," the magic mirror is used by Snow White to predict winners at the races. Other transformed tales are "Jack and the Beanstalk ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Tyger Voyage more books like this by Richard Adams add to wishlist Ezekiel and Raphael Dubb are two tigers whose voyage to strange lands is narrated in rhyming couplets, by the author of "Watership Down" which won the Guardian Award for children's fiction in 1972 and the Carnegie Medal in 1973. He has also written "Shardik" and "The Plague". Nicola Bayley other books include "Nicola Bayley's Book of Nursery ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $55.00! \| first editions
4	Now We Are Sixty more books like this by Christopher Matthew, David Eccles (Illustrator) add to wishlist Barely had the first copies of Christopher Matthew's 'Now We Are Sixty' landed in the bookshops when people started to ask when he was going to write a sequel. To his surprise the temptation to try his hand at a few more poems (particularly based on originals he hadn't tackled before, such as the Emperor's Rhyme or Sneezles) proved, like age ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.56! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Oxford Book of Comic Verse more books like this by John Gross (Editor) add to wishlist From Chaucer to Vikram Seth and Victoria Wood; from Byron to John Updike; from Augustan satire to advertising jingles; from G. K. Chesterton to Wendy Cope - this superb anthology is notable above all for its breadth. It is truly international in scope, bringing together poets from far beyond the British Isles. Drawing on many different types of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Revolting Poems to Make You Squirm more books like this by Susie Gibbs (Compiled by) add to wishlist Ready to be grossed out? And made to laugh at the same time? Here are all sorts of disgusting poems about hairs in your food, snot and bogey pie, exploding spots, blood-sucking leeches, slobbery saliva, not to mention things that get caught in your teacher's beard-and between their toes...The poets include Jack Prelutsky, Wendy Cope, Paul Cookson, ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $6.14!
7	The New Oxford Book of English Light Verse more books like this by Kingsley Amis (Editor) add to wishlist extremely funny and absorbing ... a refelction, of course, of the sureness of Amis's taste.'___ Books and Bookmen . see all copies from $1.99! new only from $36.95! \| first editions
8	The Adventures & Brave Deeds of the Ship's Cat on the Spanish Maine: Together with the Most Lamentable Losse of the Alcestis & Triumphant Firing of the Port of Chagres more books like this by Richard Adams add to wishlist The adventures and brave deeds of a cat living aboard a ship sailing along the Spanish Main. see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
9	How Pleasant to Know Mr. Lear!: Edward Lear's Selected Works more books like this by Myra Cohn Livingston, Edward Lear add to wishlist Four of Edward Lear's longer nonsense poems, illustrated with whimsical drawings. The poems are "The Jumblies, "The Dong with a Luminous Nose," "The Scrubious Pip," and the title poem, "How Pleasant to Know Mr. Lear." see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
10	Lure of the Limerick more books like this by William S Baring-Gould add to wishlist see all copies from $2.00! first editions
11	Marguerite, Go Wash Your Feet more books like this by Wallace Tripp add to wishlist This picture-book collection of short poems, songs, and funny sayings includes contributions from Groucho Marx, Emily Dickinson, Shakespeare, and Spike Milligan. Color illustrations accompany the text. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
12	Norton Book of Light Verse more books like this by Russell Baker (Editor) add to wishlist Bestselling author Russell Baker presents a wonderful collection of poems, limericks, ballads, and lyrics. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13	As I Walked Out One Evening: Songs, Ballads, Lullabies, Limericks, and Other Light Verse more books like this by W H Auden add to wishlist A collection of W.H. Auden's light verse, assembled by his literary executor. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| first editions
14	The Nation's Favourite Comic Poems: A Selection of Humorous Verse more books like this by Griff Rhys Jones (Editor) add to wishlist Linked to the radio programme "Bookworm", this is a collection of comic poems, by authors such as Spike Milligan, Ogden Nash, Jonathan Swift and John Betjeman. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.97! \| first editions
15	The diverting history of John Gilpin. more books like this by William Cowper add to wishlist William Cowper (1731-1800) was born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England. He was an English poet and hymnodist. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes of the English countryside. His major works are: Olney Hymns (1779), in collaboration with ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $8.97! \| first editions
16	Averse to Beasts more books like this by Nick Bantock, Chronicle Books LLC add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Christmas Poems more books like this by Jill Bennett add to wishlist This is a delightful first poetry book in a picture book format, illustrated in colour throughout by award-winning artist Nick Sharratt. The poems are just right for this age bracket with themes such as wishing for snow, putting up decorations, peeking at your Christmas stocking, delivering presents by rocket ship and of course baby Jesus. The ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
18 view cover	The Stanley Holloway Monologues more books like this by Stanley Holloway add to wishlist Here, for the first time, is complete collection of actor and entertainer Stanley Holloway's incomparable comic monologues, which he performed between 1929 and 1941. All the much-loved characters such as Albert Ramsbottom ('with a stick with an 'orse's 'ead 'andle'), Sam Small ('Sam, Sam, pick oop tha' arm), and King Arold ('on his 'orse with his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.95! \| first editions
19 view cover	Spike Milligan: A Celebration more books like this by Spike Milligan, Roger Sawyer (Editor) add to wishlist This tribute to Spike Milligan looks back over his career using scripts from his television and radio shows as well as excerpts from his books and poems. Each excerpt is introduced by those entertainers who know him well, such as Eric Sykes and Harry Secombe, or those who have been influenced by his comedy style, such as John Cleese and Paul ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.71! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Now We Are Sixty: 3 more books like this by Christopher Matthew, David Eccles (Illustrator) add to wishlist An English humorist reflects on turning 60 in the style of A. A. Milne's poems for children. Illustrations recall the ones that originally adorned Milne's verses. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.05! \| first editions \| SVS
21	The diverting history of John Gilpin; showing how he went farther than he intended, and came safe home again. more books like this by William Cowper add to wishlist see all copies from $10.00! new only from $20.15! \| first editions
22 view cover	There's an Awful Lot of Weirdos in Our Neighborhood & Other Wickedly Funny Verse more books like this by Colin McNaughton add to wishlist This collection of humorous poetry includes such selections as "A Poem to Send Your Worst Enemy" and "Picking Noses." Pen-and-ink illustrations accompany the verses. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.99! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Collected Verse of Lewis Carroll more books like this by Lewis Carroll add to wishlist Includes poems and nonsense verses that appear in "Alice in Wonderland" and other works of the author. see all copies from $7.45! new only from $10.77! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Comic Poems more books like this by Peter Washington (Editor) add to wishlist This treasury of humorous poems brings together a sparkling constellation of witty poets--from Lord Rochester to Lewis Carroll, from Edward Lear to Ogden Nash, from Dorothy Parker to W.H. Auden--and embraces a wide range of forms, including limericks, ballads, sonnets, and nonsense verse. Ribbon marker. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	You wait till I'm older than you! more books like this by Michael Rosen, Shoo Rayner add to wishlist YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGet off, Get off, Get off! Well what would you say if your brother kept whacking you with a spoon, or the spider made it all the way up the toilet bowl or your mum made you wear that horrible shirt? Find out in this fantastically funny collection of poems all about growing up from the brilliant Michael Rosen, Children's Laureate ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.73!

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