Status
Available
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Publication
Little Brown & Co. (1955), Edition: 15th Pntg., 194 pages
User reviews
LibraryThing member flaguna
I just found that this is an old classic of children's literature. The whole book is composed with strong imaginative sense, however, I wonder how much it can say or reach the modern young reader. What I also like about this collection of poems is the "morals" that the author introduced at the end
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of some of the poems, offering some guidance to the reader, as a way to increase the communicative involvement between author and reader. Show Less
LibraryThing member antiquary
My mother thought this was one of my favorite books as a child , but I think that was a confusion with Stockton's Ting-a-ling Tales which has a giant named Tur-il-ira (roughly). Stiil, this does have some fun poems, notably the one about the elephant that tried to use a telephone. I used to also
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enjoyed the sounds in " The Poor Unfortunate Hottentot", though it might be considered racist nowadays. Show Less
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Language
Original language
English
Physical description
194 p.; 8.03 inches
ISBN
0316744158 / 9780316744157