Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
An eye for elephants An eye for elephants William Steig Dozens of limericks about elephants, all based on the children's rhyme: I asked my mother for fifty cents/To see the elephant jump the fence. OL15211376W
Poems of A. Nonny Mouse Poems of A. Nonny Mouse Jack Prelutsky,Henrik Drescher An illustrated collection of primarily traditional or anonymous verses. OL16996872W
Uncle Switch Uncle Switch X. J. Kennedy A collection of limericks about Uncle Switch, an eccentric who does everything topsy-turvy. OL1887145W
Pocketful of nonsense Pocketful of nonsense James Marshall Old favorites and original works by Marshall make up this collection of humorous rhymes, limericks, and poems. OL19216772W
Knock-knocks, limericks, and other silly sayings Knock-knocks, limericks, and other silly sayings Sandra Ziegler A collection of knock-knock jokes, sayings, and rhymes such as: "Latin is a dead tongue, dead as it can be. First it killed the Romans, now it's killing me." OL3351050W
Animal antics in limerick land Animal antics in limerick land Leland B. Jacobs Such limericks as: In the woods on a fine autumn day,/ A hunter met skunks on his way./ Cried little skunks three,/ "A gun we see!"/ And the mother skunk said, "Let us spray." OL3910551W
The Empty Suit of Armour The Empty Suit of Armour Kaye Umansky An empty suit of armour goes rampaging through the countryside. But what does he want? OL4350061W
There once was a very odd school and other lunch-box limericks There once was a very odd school and other lunch-box limericks Stephen Krensky More than twenty limericks paint a humorous picture of life in elementary school. OL448425W
A carousel of limericks A carousel of limericks Harvey N. Roehl Limericks and illustrations explore the world of carousels, with an emphasis on the builders and carvers. OL5105569W
There once was a book of limericks There once was a book of limericks Sawyer, Paul. Presents twenty illustrated limericks and instructions for writing these five-line verses. OL6679827W
Laughable limericks Laughable limericks Sara Westbrook Brewton A collection of limericks on various topics from animals, food, and school to science and mathemtics. OL7197566W
The looniest limerick book in the world The looniest limerick book in the world Joseph Rosenbloom A collection of some of the looniest, best, worst, oldest, newest, and silliest limericks. OL773562W
There was an old man There was an old man Edward Lear An illustrated collection of limericks by the well-known nineteenth-century English writer. OL937364W
Whizz! Whizz! Edward Lear Limericks describe a rather strange procession of characters. OL937366W
The owl & the pussy-cat & other nonsense The owl & the pussy-cat & other nonsense O. Wood,Edward Lear Presents the well-known Lear poem plus eight limericks. OL937374W
A book of nonsense A book of nonsense Edward Lear A collection of over 200 limericks with the author's original illustrations and nonsense songs and stories. OL937390W