This is a collection of classic Lear favourites and unusual limericks. The text includes: "The Owl and the Pussycat"; "The Pelican Chorus"; and, "The Quangle-Wangle's Hat".
This is Book 3 in the Bloomsbury Children's Classics Series. See all Bloomsbury Children's Classics books here.
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Edward Lear was an illustrator and poet who drew for Alfred Tennyson and was also employed as a draughtsman to illustrate birds and animals. He is best known, however, as the father of the limerick and nonsense poem.
More about Edward LearThe Illustrator: This is Matilda Harrison's first picture book for Bloomsbury. She is half-British and half-Australian, and currently lives in North London. Her other illustrative work is primarily editorial; she works for Vogue, The Independent, Elle, The Economist, The Telegraph and The Times.
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