Nonsense Fairytale Rhymes

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Oxford University Press, 2006 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 30 pages
I'm a troll (Troll, troll!), I lives beneath! (Splash, splash!), I rollsme eyes! (Roll, roll), I gnash me teeth (Gnash, gnash!). Here are eighteennonsense rhymes including the wonderful troll song, the hilarious lonely heartscolumn from the princess to the frog and the poem in which Rapunzel is desperatefor people to stop using her hair as a ladder. Other characters featured in thebook include Rumpelstiltskin, Aladdin, Goldilocks, Cinderella, the UglyDuckling, and the Gingerbread Boy. Children will love seeing familiar fairytalecharacters in nonsensical situations and will enjoy the detailed and livelycolour illustrations on every page. With strong rhymes throughout, this book isperfect for reading aloud.

About the author (2006)

Kay Umansky was born in Plymouth, England on December 6, 1946. She trained as a teacher and taught in primary schools for numerous years. She also acted and played music including performing in a soul band with her husband. Her first book, a collection of songs called Phantasmagoria, was published in 1985. She received the 1993 Nottinghamshire Book Award for Pongwiffy and the Spell of the Year, the 1999 Times Educational Supplement Junior Music Book Award for Three Rapping Rats, and the 2008 Stockton Book of the Year for Clover Twig and the Incredible Flying Cottage. In 2004, the Pongwiffy series was adapted for television by the animation company Telemagination.

Bibliographic information

TitleNonsense Fairytale Rhymes
AuthorKaye Umansky
Illustrated byChris Fisher
Editionillustrated
PublisherOxford University Press, 2006
ISBN0199112339, 9780199112333
Length30 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Juvenile Nonfiction / Concepts / General
Juvenile Nonfiction / Poetry / General
Poetry / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
  
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