Poetry for Young People: Edward Lear

by Edward Lear, Edward Mendelson (Editor), Laura Huliska-Beith (Illustrator)

Overview

Utterly delightful to read aloud, and for parent and child to share, Edward Lear's humorous verses shine with irrepressible joy and rhythm. Filled with exuberantly nonsensical made-up words (like "Scroobius Pip" and "pobble"!) that tickle the funny bone, his work gives free rein to youthful imaginations. What better way to foster a love of poetry than the immediately appealing The Owl and the Pussy-Cat, with its effortless rhymes, song-like beat, and charming animal characters? Or The Quangle Wangle's Hat, which tells the tale of a creature who warmly welcomes everyone--and so makes everyone cheerful. This handsome volume of Edward Lear poems is now available in paperback – at a great price and with a bold new cover design – to bring the love of classic poetry to a broad new audience.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781402772948
Publisher:	Sterling
Publication date:	04/06/2010
Series:	Poetry for Young People Series , #12
Pages:	48
Sales rank:	535,957
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	8 - 18 Years

About the Author

Academic editor Edward Mendelson is the Lionel Trilling Professor in the Humanities at Columbia, and has taught at Harvard and Yale. He has numerous books and articles to his credit; has won such prestigious grants as the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship; and is Literary Executor of the estate of poet W.H. Auden.

Illustrator Laura Huliska-Beith grew up in Omaha, Nebraska and graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute. She currently lives in Kansas City.