A Bushel of Merrythoughts

by Wilhelm Busch, W. Harry Rogers (Translator)

English, German (translation)

60 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1971

About the author

Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch was an influential German caricaturist, painter, and poet who is famed for his satirical picture stories with rhymed texts.

After initially studying mechanical engineering and then art in Düsseldorf, Antwerp, and Munich, he turned to drawing caricatures. One of his first picture stories, Max and Moritz (published in 1865), was an immediate success and has achieved the status of a popular classic and perennial bestseller.

Reviews

[Adventurer Rich · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cool pictures and history of the printing. I read this to my 9-year-old as bedtime stories... I would not do that again. The rhymes barely rhymed and I'm not sure there was proper English used throughout. As a 42-year-old man, I thought the nursery rhymes were cute and I enjoyed them (especially while following the pictures).